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Valences, valences and more valences

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Subject: Valences, valences and more valences
From: "Ryan Smith" <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 19:41:29 PDT
Well I guess everyone has proper airflow on their minds lately.  But 
here's a few things to ponder.

1)  What year are the designs everyone is floating around.  I have a 72 
MkIV and a later model's won't work.

2) Does anyone have the radiator ones too?  I have my left radiator 
valence on the car.  Its the only one of the 4 that's worth keeping.

3) Why are these things cardboard to begin with??  I mean didn't 
somebody at British Leyland think they might wear out?  Must have been a 
weight reduction initiative.

4) Thinking about airflow... Has anyone tried making a cold air "hose" 
(for lack of better word) for their ZS carb?  I read somewhere a while 
back that if you take some ducting and route some air from in front of 
the radiator to the ZS intake it would improve performance.  Is this 
true or was somebody blowing some smoke?

Back to the valences I'm going to take those valence designs and maybe 
program the Trumph to punch one tom. if I can get out of welding all 
day.  I'm really starting to regret my department buying that TIG :\

Ryan Smith
Lean Mean Welding Machine
Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
Emerald Green, 72 Spitfire


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