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1. angle of attack (score: 1): Author: "The Butters Family" <bbutters@coldreams.com>; Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 22:02:01 -0700; I believe that In my studies for my car I came across information on raking a car for speed. I believe the author said that most cars are faster with a forward rake, angle of attack than if they are; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00631.html (8,150 bytes)
2. angle of attack (score: 1): Author: "The Butters Family" <bbutters@coldreams.com>; Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 14:23:21 -0700; my source of information on this is from an April1976 article in HOT ROD , good article, looks like 1 1/2 degrees is about what you are looking for which gives a reasonable reduction in front end lif; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00639.html (7,721 bytes)
3. Re: angle of attack (score: 1): Author: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@uswest.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 16:40:50 -0700; OK, I'll be the one to ask the stupid question...... What is the proper way to measure rake? Ed (we never did settle the question of measuring frontal area............) /// /// land-speed@autox.team.; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00640.html (7,935 bytes)
4. Re: angle of attack (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 17:02:27 -0700; I don't know if there is a recognized method, but measuring the bottom line of the car would seem to be proper. It is my understanding that the rake has more to do with the air under the car than th; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00642.html (8,798 bytes)
5. Re: angle of attack (score: 1): Author: Skip Higginbotham <saltrat@pro-blend.com>; Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 19:39:34 -0500; I always wondered...why do people rake the car when a fence will do the same thing (keep air out from under the car) and it doesn't worsen the "designed in" lift/drag characteristics. HHHMMMMM? 90 de; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00643.html (8,694 bytes)
6. Re: angle of attack (score: 1): Author: "Ed Van Scoy" <edvs@uswest.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 19:12:04 -0700; Interesting comments.............Since I don't have a belly pan, it gets a more "vague". Last year I installed adjustable coil-overs which brought the front end down "a bunch" - too much rake accordi; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00657.html (9,713 bytes)
7. Re: angle of attack (score: 1): Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 20:01:17 -0700; I'm noexpert but wouldn't the fence increase the frontal area? Maybe I'm getting confused between a fence and an air dam. Howard /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe sen; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00659.html (9,165 bytes)
8. Re: angle of attack (score: 1): Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:26:11 -0700; Ed, The factory engineers ( both GM and Chrysler ) have told me for years to use one inch rake in sixty inches. One degree is one inch in fifty-eight and a half inches. We found that to be about righ; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00661.html (7,771 bytes)
9. Re: angle of attack (score: 1): Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 23:56:40 -0500; Dave and I were chatting about this subject this morning.... ( I was on the Road to Memphis Via Tupelo.. and Didn't see Elvis.... so I am suspecting these sighting's are a bit misleading ) Anyway I u; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00664.html (10,172 bytes)
10. Re: angle of attack (score: 1): Author: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 08:50:24 -0700 (PDT); Well, in my case, rules won't let me put a skirt or fence on. Using stock Z-28 front spoiler, I would probably have to rake the car a couple of inches to get any useful effect. If I were running in a; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00668.html (9,358 bytes)
11. Re: angle of attack (score: 1): Author: "Ed Van Scoy" <edvs@uswest.net>; Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 16:32:43 -0700; Great info Doug - Just what I was looking for. /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to majordomo@autox.team.net /// with nothing in it but /// /; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00691.html (7,934 bytes)
12. Re: angle of attack (score: 1): Author: "Ed Van Scoy" <edvs@uswest.net>; Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 16:49:44 -0700; Hmmmmmm. But if you use this method, wouldn't you measure your "line" from the lowest point on the rear of the body to the lowest point of the nose? And if you used this technique, would you consider; /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00693.html (10,854 bytes)

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