

| Subject: | Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care! |
| From: | Clive Smith |
| Date: | Fri, 23 Aug 2002 21:21:13 +0100 |
No I haven't been vcrawling about under one lately, but I'd like to have one to jump into now and again. Was the another point ther that I missed...? Clive '88 Syncro Transporter ----- Original Message ----- From: <BenTbtstr8@aol.com> To: <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 8:40 AM Subject: Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care! > In a message dated 8/22/02 6:23:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM writes: > > << With respect to NACA ducts, I think we could agree that fully cowled, > bodied > racing cars using them are optimised more towards lower drag than F1 cars, > which tend to be optimised for acceleration and cornering, spending > relatively little time at top speed, and having copious excess power on most > F1 circuits. They are intrinsically draggy anyway and we are plucking at > hairs here anyway. >> > > Have you looked at the bottom edge of an Audi TT lately? There resides a pair > of NACA ducts on the smooth belly pan. Hmmmmmmm.............. > > BenT > logic >
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