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| Geezer914 |
 Aug 22 2009, 09:42 AM
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How do the plastic air foils that mount under the car, infront of the engine, help cooling? Are they worth adding?
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| martinef1963 |
Aug 23 2009, 02:49 AM
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The Saga Continues... Group: Members Posts: 320 Joined: 9-November 04 From: Miami, FL, USA Member No.: 3,080 Region Association: South East States |
Are these "YEAR SPECIFIC" installs, or just certain years had these introduced?
thanks, Fern |
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Geezer914 Air foils under car infront of engine. Aug 22 2009, 09:42 AM
Bartlett 914 They are helpful. Use them! They mix the air u... Aug 22 2009, 09:48 AM type47 My guess is that they are worth having installed s... Aug 22 2009, 09:49 AM dr914@autoatlanta.com yes yes yes. Aug 22 2009, 09:50 AM SLITS They were mounted with 3 7mm? bolts on each side. ... Aug 22 2009, 09:52 AM Johny Blackstain They cause a vacume to occur under the engine @ sp... Aug 22 2009, 09:52 AM ConeDodger Engineers sit in meetings with accountants and arg... Aug 22 2009, 10:05 AM jimkelly pic Aug 22 2009, 10:20 AM kwales They induce turbulence which helps throw air along... Aug 22 2009, 10:24 AM Bruce Hinds Like Johny says above....
Actually they create a l... Aug 22 2009, 10:25 AM
ClayPerrine
Like Johny says above....
Actually they create a ... Aug 22 2009, 06:12 PM JazonJJordan :popcorn: Aug 22 2009, 06:10 PM martinef1963 Okay, I'll have to goof on myself here, had a ... Aug 23 2009, 03:01 AM ClayPerrine They were introduced on the 73 model year, and wer... Aug 23 2009, 03:45 AM thesey914 ever fitted on a six? Aug 23 2009, 04:01 AM ClayPerrine
ever fitted on a six?
Not from the factory, but... Aug 23 2009, 04:32 AM thesey914 Interesting....I have the flaps but no mounting ho... Aug 23 2009, 04:38 AM ellisor3 Part Number??? Did not see it on PET :confused: Aug 23 2009, 09:58 AM 9146986 Not sure but I think they are NLA Aug 24 2009, 07:50 AM Geezer914 There is a set for sale on ebay Aug 24 2009, 08:08 AM RohJay
There is a set for sale on ebay
Can we have the... Aug 24 2009, 12:22 PM Gint If all you want is the functionality it would be e... Aug 24 2009, 08:23 AM Shade Tree My head temp went down almost 20 degrees on the fr... Aug 24 2009, 02:18 PM SLITS You would have to put some kind of hinge and retur... Aug 24 2009, 02:26 PM Mikey914 Why not make these out of plastic? It wouldn't... Aug 25 2009, 12:36 AM Gint No good reason not to make them out of plastic... ... Aug 25 2009, 08:09 AM Sleepin
No good reason not to make them out of plastic...... Aug 26 2009, 09:06 AM jaxdream Would it make a difference if the air foil went al... Aug 25 2009, 08:13 AM SLITS Just looking at the design I would say there is a ... Aug 25 2009, 08:33 AM jaxdream I'm just working on my second cup . Ok , the v... Aug 25 2009, 08:58 AM SLITS Lo pressure behind the flaps ... higher speed air ... Aug 25 2009, 02:51 PM Mikey914 If I extrude the same profile, we could play with ... Aug 25 2009, 03:46 PM montoya 73 2.0 Sounds like we need some wind tunnel testing. Aug 25 2009, 03:54 PM DNHunt
Ron might volunteer for that task too. A can of ... Aug 26 2009, 07:35 AM KELTY360
Ron might volunteer for that task too. A can of... Aug 26 2009, 08:54 AM jaxdream
Ron might volunteer for that task too. A can o... Aug 26 2009, 09:19 AM blitZ Couldn't you use a diffuser method to achieve ... Aug 26 2009, 09:24 AM Ferg I made a set from AL duct stuff from the hardware ... Aug 26 2009, 09:24 AM |
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