Re: [T3] cooling

[JaransonT3@aol.com]

Brian -

I don't think the direction of the louvers makes much differnece at all on 
the T3.  The location of the louvers on the sides of the fenders is typically 
a high pressure zone on the car....meaning the air moving over the surface of 
the fender has a tendency to lift on that panel....trying to pull air out of 
the fender louvers.

The T3 cooling system pulls air into the louvers with the fan.  I think the 
size of the opening is about the only think that is really important to 
cooling air flow.  The direction of the louvers "might" have a very small a 
effect on the surface drag in that air, but it would be very, very tiny 
compared to the drag on the rest of the car.

For more information that you probably want about the aerodynamics of the T3, 
check out my webpage at: http://hometown.aol.com/jaransonT3.  Just go to the 
T3 Aerodynamics section.

Later,
John Jaranson
'71 FI Auto Fasty (Jane)
http://hometown.aol.com/jaransonT3

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