[Land-speed] Belly pan minimum height or clearance

[speedtimer at beyondbb.com]

I agree with Neil.8 to 10 inches of height could cause lift and even blow 
over conditions. Going into a spin and getting backwards it would probably 
get airborne.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "23weldon" <23.weldon at comcast.net>
To: "Neil Albaugh" <neil at dbelltech.com>; <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Belly pan minimum height or clearance


> 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
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