[Land-speed] Belly pan minimum height or clearance

[23weldon]

Thanks, Neil -- I'd like to get closer than that if I can but I'm not 
hopeful.  My belief is that every inch of ride height in that low range is 
that times the body width increase in effective frontal area.
There is a small school of thought relative to roadsters that says raising 
the body off the ground begins to pay off at some point; maybe 8 to 10 
inches.  That's a direction I don't want to go in for a number of reasons.
Good tip on pan reinforcement.  In addition to attachment points around the 
perimeter several dimples in the middle of the pan for rivet heads on 
attachments of inside brackets to frame crossmembers should take care of 
that issue.  (Note to self:  Mark the related fasteners and brackets with 
bright red paint)
Ed Weldon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neil Albaugh" <neill at dbelltech.com>
To: "23weldon" <23.weldon at comcast.net>; <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Belly pan minimum height or clearance
> Ed; You're probably going to need 2.5' to 3" ride height in the front and 
> about one inch higher at the rear. Don't forget to reinforce the pan--  
> there will be LOTS of aerodynamic pressure pulling it down....> Regards, 
> Neil  Tucson, AZ