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Old 08-12-2013, 05:28 PM
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Ok, so I just ran to the garage and looked under my hood. From this info I would benefit the most by removing most of my fiberglass inner fender. I can see where this would allow the escape of air pressure under the hood.
The pressure starts with the air riding up over the radiator and into the engine compartment. Since there is high pressure above the hood, vents at this location would not allow the escape of air...but the side of the car does not have the buildup of pressure so the escape of air out the wheel well would work.
Am I right?
Now this does not matter too much below 130MPH. am I right again?
So I can keep my inner fenders for now, but it is nice to know a fix for a fast car float.

My radiator is laid back several degrees which promotes the air flow over and not through.

For those of you that have had the car at high speeds, at what speed does things get dicey.
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