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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
>