Dan or JD I know you are busy so a yes or no will work here if that is all
that is needed..
1. are you saying it is legal to vent pressure from under the car to a low
pressure area in the rear By running a duct from under the car to some place
in the rear deck area?
2. Is this a roadster only rule?
Dave Dahlgren
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Dan Warner
> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 2:13 PM
> To: land speed
> Subject: Spoliers vs. vents
> JD mentioned
> the vent tubes that most successful Studebakers and some
> roadsters use. The
> roadster #256 that I was envolved with with Keith Young in the
> 70's used these
> vents. The first successful application of the vents I had seen
> was on this
> roadster when run by the Brisette Bros. We were told that the
> vents were worth
> 18mph with no other changes at El Mirage. When Keith sold the
> roadster to Tom
> Eiden he covered the vents in the theory that they were
> ineffective. That car
> now runs in the 170s, I don't know if Tom Evens has opened the
> vents or not.
>
> Dan Warner
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