Re: [DML] Venting outside air over engine

["Andrei Cular" <acular@xxxx>]

Has anyone figured out what the air flow is doing around the rear edge of
the T-panel or around the louvers? I remember reading that lotus added the
louvers for aero reasons. If you put a scoop in the wrong place it could
actually suck air out of the engine compartment rather than feed it in.

Tom M. over on DMCFourm is making a new T-panel for his car with a scoop on
it, I haven't seen any pictures of it yet.




Andrei




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "therealdmcvegas" <DMCVegas@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: [DML] Venting outside air over engine


> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Michael T Twigger <marktwigger@xxxx>
> wrote:
> > Has anyone tried a roof intake? kinda crazy
> <SNIP>
>
> Roof vent adapted for the DeLorean would look really cool! An aftermarket
kit
> is available for the Fiero, and I'm sure that it could easily be adapted
for the
> DeLorean. Especially if someone was to perhaps intergrate it into the T
Panel
> on the roof (kinda like the S7). And I'm sure that it wouldn't be a
problem to
> install a snorkle thru the louvers. It's just that with limited visability
thru the rear
> as it is, the pipe would hamper a bit of your vision. Maybe if you made
the
> bottom section of the pipe clear... But I don't know if that would really
even
> help with the angle of the eliptical shaped pipe, or if a strong enough
material
> could be made that didn't discolor with the heat.
>
> Then again, I'm just guessing about the visability problem, based upon my
> own observations. I never drove a Fiero (let alone one with that intake),
and
> the problem of any visability might be overcome with one of those large,
> curved rearview mirrors for trucks that JC Whitney and others sell. I've
had my
> eye on one of those for quite a while.
>
> -Robert
> vin 6585 "X"
>
>