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Old 12-08-2012, 03:49 AM   #86 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
Back in the 50s, someone raced a Porsche that had the exhaust pipe on each side in the center of a high-bypass duct that pulled air through the engine. No mechanical fan. [citation needed]
For sprint races, individuals have done lots of different things for cooling over the years.

I think it was in the 60s that Porsche experimented with "Jet Cooling" or something like that. No fan; it used some odd effect of the exhaust or something. They dropped it because it was VERY VERY LOUD.

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