[Land-speed] Cowl induction design

[Doug Odom]

Greg, Try and keep the hot air in the engine compartment from getting into 
the cool air ( cool being a relative term at Bonneville ) coming into the 
scoop. What kind of car are we dealing with?
Big Ditch Doug

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Meyers" <advo at comcast.net>
To: "'land Speed List'" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 9:32 AM
Subject: [Land-speed] Cowl induction design


> Getting ready to put the icing on the cake before next week.....
> Can someone explain to me what basic parameters to follow in setting up a
> cowl induction scoop......how much room around the air cleaner.....how 
> close
> to the windshield......Most of the carb is above the plane of the hood.
> Optimally, should the carb be isolated from the engine compartment, or is
> there some advantage to keeping the space around the carb open to the
> compartment.
>
> Greg