Mail Archive Search: <+subject:/^(?:^\s*(re|sv|fwd|fw)[\[\]\d]*[:>-]+\s*)*aerodynamics\s+of\s+racing\?\s*$/>

Results:

References: [ +subject:/^(?:^\s*(re|sv|fwd|fw)[\[\]\d]*[:>-]+\s*)*aerodynamics\s+of\s+racing\?\s*$/: 20 ]

Total 20 documents matching your query.

1. aerodynamics of racing? (score: 1): Author: "Paul" <9laser3@bright.net>; Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 21:03:10 -0400; Looking for some on line help understanding the benefits of an air dam and the best way to install one on a roadster? Paul; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-08/msg01476.html (7,358 bytes)
2. Re: aerodynamics of racing? (score: 1): Author: RWM <RWM@rwmann.com>; Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 21:14:45 -0400; Try this for a good intro: http://www.eng.vt.edu/fluids/msc/auto_a.htm - Bob Mann -- R.W. Mann & Company, Inc. > Airline Industry Analysis and Consulting Port Washington, NY 11050 > tel 516-944-0900,; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-08/msg01479.html (7,921 bytes)
3. Re: aerodynamics of racing? (score: 1): Author: CalSpeed@aol.com; Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 22:15:01 EDT; The airdam redirects the air around the car rather then it traveling underneath. For the best airdam contact Les or Dennis at CDM. Calspeed; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-08/msg01481.html (7,881 bytes)
4. Re: aerodynamics of racing? (score: 1): Author: "Gary K. McCormick" <gkmcc@netgate.net>; Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 23:07:11 -0700; ...and the reason why that is A Good Thing is that the underside of a normal car is a very untidy, drag-inducing kind of place. Routing the air around the car (with a little diverted to the front bra; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-08/msg01489.html (8,845 bytes)
5. Re: aerodynamics of racing? (score: 1): Author: Roman Rist <roadsterregistry@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 23:20:42 -0700 (PDT); Hi Paul.I don't have one, but from what I've heard the car is much more stable at high speeds. I can tell you this, I HAVE experienced that 100mph "floating" sensation. Kind of makes you feel like if; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-08/msg01490.html (8,606 bytes)
6. Re: aerodynamics of racing? (score: 1): Author: "roadster" <roadster@rcn.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 01:06:58 -0700; Hi Paul, I posted the following back in April. Hope this helps. http://www.2xtreme.net/fredkatz and check the car restoration tips page for the link. with Fred "katman" roadster@rcn.com -- Original M; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-08/msg01491.html (9,019 bytes)
7. Re: aerodynamics of racing? (score: 1): Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 06:33:13 -0400; When I got my dad's 69 big block Camaro up to about 120 or so it floated and became scary, especially for an inexperienced 18 yo driver. I also experienced the same thing on my first 240. I installed; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-08/msg01494.html (9,693 bytes)
8. Re: aerodynamics of racing? (score: 1): Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 06:38:22 -0400; All the F1 and Indy cars as well as production Ferraris use belly pans to exert additional downforce. In F1 and CART they modified the rules to reduce but not eliminate their use as did other forms o; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-08/msg01495.html (10,286 bytes)
9. Re: aerodynamics of racing? (score: 1): Author: William Schairer <wschaibe@ucsd.edu>; Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 06:16:36 -0700; Wasn't there some guy, Jim Hall maybe, who designed an indy car that actually sucked the air out from underneath the car to create a vacuum. Even though I have never been into racing much, I remember; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-08/msg01496.html (10,057 bytes)
10. Re: aerodynamics of racing? (score: 1): Author: RWM <RWM@rwmann.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:33:21 -0400; The 1970 Chaparral 2J and 1978 Brabham BT46B used "active aerodynamics" (as FIA termed them) -- we would term them "fans" -- to evacuate the underside of the car and produce downforce. Both were bann; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-08/msg01498.html (9,301 bytes)
11. Re: aerodynamics of racing? (score: 1): Author: Thomas Walter <twalter@austin.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 08:50:36 -0500; Chaperral. Yes, Jim Hall's team. Big "sucker fans" on the rear. If the fan, or fan drive, failed at speed the car would leave the track very rapidly. Something only from a Texan... ;-) Who made the "; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-08/msg01499.html (11,316 bytes)
12. Re: aerodynamics of racing? (score: 1): Author: PLETCH5@aol.com; Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:53:56 EDT; Or would that be, for the best "dam air" see Les and Dennis,well maybe not. Ken DATSTER Pleasanton,CA; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-08/msg01500.html (8,365 bytes)
13. Re: aerodynamics of racing? (score: 1): Author: PLETCH5@aol.com; Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:56:29 EDT; Michael and I were driving at about 120-130 a few months back and I noticed no floating with my air dam/dam air. Ken DATSTER Pleasanton,CA; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-08/msg01501.html (8,321 bytes)
14. Re: aerodynamics of racing? (score: 1): Author: "Mike Faggart" <mikef@carolina.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 10:01:09 -0400; Speaking of air dams, Porsche in the late 60's early 70's had a car up at VIR where the whole body was a movable wedge. Down the straits, the car looked normal. When the brakes were applied, the whol; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-08/msg01503.html (10,068 bytes)
15. Re: aerodynamics of racing? (score: 1): Author: RoadsterGB@aol.com; Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 10:07:29 EDT; Odd that Art Oehrli worked for Chaparral as Dyno and engine man before he went to BRE for the 1969 season, and that BRE was the first race car to have a 'spook'. Coincidence or did he bring some Chap; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-08/msg01504.html (8,408 bytes)
16. Re: aerodynamics of racing? (score: 1): Author: Alex Avery <aavery@rica.net>; Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 10:09:35 -0400; They've been shaping the underpans of racecars to create downforce for years. The channel actually swoopes up at the back (think upside down wing), and some of the cars generate hundreds of pounds of; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-08/msg01505.html (8,676 bytes)
17. Re: aerodynamics of racing? (score: 1): Author: RoadsterGB@aol.com; Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 10:59:02 EDT; Even the 1966 Datsun Fairlady 'S' Roadster, which raced in the '66 Japanese Grand Prix had underpans - now that was a trick roadster. Rob; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-08/msg01509.html (8,364 bytes)
18. Re: aerodynamics of racing? (score: 1): Author: "Paul" <9laser3@bright.net>; Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 15:56:25 -0400; Come on Ken, we all know that would depend on if you wanted cold or hot dam Paul OROC --Original Message-- From: PLETCH5@aol.com <PLETCH5@aol.com> To: CalSpeed@aol.com <CalSpeed@aol.com>; 9laser3@bri; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-08/msg01527.html (8,235 bytes)
19. Re: aerodynamics of racing? (score: 1): Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 19:24:07 -0400; I think they are called Flexdams and are still being made. They were real big in the 70s. They are a good idea. Mike normal around the it was very car to dam and; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-08/msg01542.html (11,522 bytes)
20. Re: aerodynamics of racing? (score: 1): Author: "David A. Fox" <dafox1@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 09:22:48 -0400; Yes, they're called Flexdams. I had one on a 280Z I owned. It was very forgiving. Parking curbs seem to be much higher than first thought, especially when driving a lowered car. <()?))> -- Blue Skies; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-08/msg01560.html (12,520 bytes)

Current List: 1 - 20
Page: [1]