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 "two piece" air damn's? Upper fiberglass, lower is
stiff rubber. I found one in my closet I had forgotten about (510
item). Hmm, actually don't even remember when I bought it. Alas,
gave a friend a Momo steering wheel hub for his Datsun as I had
no use for it. Guess what I also finally found... the Momo wheel,
sans Hub.
I need to clean my closets out more often.
When I pulled out the carpet kit for Rodney, which went with the
car. Suddenly I discovered I had TWO carpet kits. One for a '67
another for a '68. I shipped both to Mike with the car, as I'll
let him figure it out.
More stuff for eBay. ;-)
Tom Walter
Austin, TX
William Schairer wrote:
> 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
> it being a big controversy. In the only race of that type I've ever
> been to, I saw it race at Ontario back in the late 60's. The car
> didn't finish and I think was banned the next year.
>
> Bill
> San Diego
>
>
>>...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 brakes for cooling) reduces
>>drag. When
>>you get into purpose-built racing cars (Formula cars of various
>>ilks, etc.) the
>>smooth bottom reduces or obviates the need for an air dam. I think that it was
>>in F1 (or maybe indy cars - I can't remember) some years back that some very
>>clever fellows used specifically-shaped channels in the bottom of the car to
>>accelerate the flow of air under the bottom of the car, increasing its
>>velocity, which decreases its pressure, creating a negative delta P, or
>>downforce.
>>
>>Gary McCormick
>>San Jose, CA
>>
>>CalSpeed@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>> In a message dated 8/29/01 6:08:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>>> 9laser3@bright.net writes:
>>>
>>> > Looking for some on line help understanding the benefits of an air dam and
>>> > the best way to install one on a roadster?
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>> The airdam redirects the air around the car rather then it traveling
>>>
>> > underneath. For the best airdam contact Les or Dennis at CDM.
>> >
>> > Calspeed
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