Hey, great looking part! i was curious, however about the air recirculation
without it. I noticed that Larry tried the "incense" smoke to track the
airflow pattern after the air dam was installed. Was that done before
installation to validate the recirculation premise? THis would be a good
data point to have. If I just had the smoke.....and my battery charged....
mayf, the red necked ignorant desert rat in Pahrump (no, haven't done much
on the world's fastest SUnbeam so far this year...).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Laifman" <SLaifman@SoCal.rr.com>
To: "Tiger's Den" <tigers@autox.team.net>; "'Alpine's Peak'"
<alpines@autox.team.net>
Cc: "Paulick, Larry" <larry.p@erols.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 12:37 PM
Subject: A Tiger Air Dam - TigersUnited.com
> Tigers and 'Pines,
>
> Larry Paulick, our prolific author and hands-on restorer of his Tiger,
> has contributed another fine article, "A Tiger Air Dam". This neat
> device is applicable to both Tigers and Alpines, and is a simple job for
> a handy person.
>
> Larry's design mounts in front of the main front suspension cross-member
> and prevents hot air, from the high pressure zone in the engine
> compartment, from flowing forward and re-entering the radiator. This
> aggravates cooling system efficiency, particularly at idle and low
> speed. It also acts to increase aerodynamic loads downwards at speed,
> increasing front end grip and preventing any "wing" lift.
>
> The Article is released now, contains many detailed photographs, and is
> located under the subject heading "Technical Tips" using the hot button
> "Performance Tuning".
>
> For direct access to the Performance Tuning menu (his is the last and
> latest on the list) use:
>
> http://www.TigersUnited.com/techtips/ptune.asp
>
> Steve
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> Steve Laifman
> Editor
> <http://www.TigersUnited.com>
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