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Originally Posted by Shepherd777
Thanks Jim, but I'm not sure if I agree with your postulate. The air at the top of the tire is going forward, not towards the rear. Only the area of the tire that is below the axle goes rearward, correct? We will have a small wheel-well over the tire to hopefully mitigate the effect you are describing.
Thanks for the references aerohead. I have never seen that banana car. Very cool.
I checked out the Iveco. The major problem here is it is a euro truck. So they are limited to the square cabover platform due to length limits. So a euro aero cabover is like being the best ice hockey player in Ecuador, in my opinion.
By the way, my last aero rig was featured in Autoweek Magazine in 1984. I still have the article. It was printed on news-print way back then and was not the high-gloss automotive magazine it is now.
The new Camaro ZL1, which is on my wish list by the way, expells underhood heat differently. Similar to a Ford GT40.
I was thinking about doing a similar underhood air hood vent on this truck, for about 30 seconds or so. Then, while visualizing the flow, I was reminded of the urinate-poor OEM windshield angle of 65 degrees, and summarily dismissed the notion. I thought about an "A" pillar emergency surgery relocation for about 10 seconds, and dismissed that as well. But just wait for the next truck, which will be entirely built from scratch. Assuming we can get several wheel-barrels full of large note $$$$$$$ from investors and or sponsors.
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The thing that spooks me about any sort of 'centerline' hood-top extractor vent is what happens if the radiator explodes,which I have witnessed three times now.
If the glycol hits the windscreen the wipers only smear it around.Depending on your velocity at the time,you can have a very brief event horizon before you plow into something.
I was on the 105 Freeway in Los Angeles when some little f---ing s---------- dropped a rock off an overpass.It was like a shotgun blast shattering the windshield and I had to roll the window down and stick my head out the side to 'see' where I was,as I was completely blinded.
Very dangerous! Glycol would do the same.
On a racing car everyone is going the same direction and it's a closed course.The bits and pieces of a race car may have a life expectancy of one season.And there are medics and air ambulance standing by.
Just thinking safety.You and your venture capitalists don't need a class-action lawsuit if a driver has a bad day.