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macnab - 13/2/07 at 02:26 AM

So there I was drinkin my tea, looking at the front of the motor and I thought to myself that looks a bit like a pumpk…

Ohhh isn’t is sooo scary!!! GRRRrrr!!
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macnab - 13/2/07 at 09:17 AM

no comments yet...you all must be in shock

trogdor - 13/2/07 at 09:29 AM

that is quite evil looking, is amazing how faces appear in also anything. see them all the time in images of the seafloor that i am using for my degree, convinced there was an image of homer simpson last year!

oh what are all the holes for?

[Edited on 13/2/07 by trogdor]

macnab - 13/2/07 at 10:05 AM

homer simpson on the seabed! what you been smokin?!

Purpose of the holes? Well apart from looking ‘evil’ the front ones will let the radiator heat out of the nose cone without use off the fan in traffic and the two other ones are for the air feed to the plenum (is that how you spell that, doesn’t look right) chamber when I fit the fuel injection, hopefully there will be a ram effect from that.

02GF74 - 13/2/07 at 10:43 AM

ooooh, look who got a jugsaw for Christmas

quote:
Originally posted by macnab
hopefully there will be a ram effect from that.


are ewe being serious?

the tirangular (now there is a special name that eludes me for this) shaped wit hte 2 holes - I think for the hole to be most effecive it needs to be at the end of the "funnel" as it were.... but then these aren't F1 cars.

iank - 13/2/07 at 10:51 AM

quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
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the tirangular (now there is a special name that eludes me for this) shaped wit hte 2 holes - I think for the hole to be most effecive it needs to be at the end of the "funnel" as it were.... but then these aren't F1 cars.


It's a NACA duct (think it's pronounced knacker )

I suspect the ones at the front for letting out rad heat when stationary won't do much, but they look good anyway.

[Edited on 13/2/07 by iank]

02GF74 - 13/2/07 at 11:15 AM

yep; NACA.

quote:
The shape and depth change of the duct are critical for proper operation.


here

macnab - 13/2/07 at 11:26 AM

quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
ooooh, look who got a jugsaw for Christmas

quote:
Originally posted by macnab
hopefully there will be a ram effect from that.


are ewe being serious?

the tirangular (now there is a special name that eludes me for this) shaped wit hte 2 holes - I think for the hole to be most effecive it needs to be at the end of the "funnel" as it were.... but then these aren't F1 cars.



don't know how effective it will be but it will be cold and it will be windy and far better than from inside the engine bay. But your all missing the point, it looks 'Evil'!! and that all that matters

trogdor - 13/2/07 at 03:01 PM

well it certainly ticks the evil box

honestly you can sometimes see what looks like faces in the sonar images of the sea floor, and we once found one that looked like homer simpson from the side!

is annoying as you are looking for volcanoes and faults not peoples faces!

[Edited on 13/2/07 by trogdor]

smart51 - 13/2/07 at 03:30 PM

quote:
Originally posted by macnab
hopefully there will be a ram effect from that.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NACA_Duct

"This type of flush inlet generally cannot achieve the larger ram pressures and flow volumes of an external design"

"When properly implemented, it allows air to be drawn into an internal duct, often for cooling purposes, with a minimal disturbance to the flow"