[Dan Case]

Every baffle pictured on any race roadster by SAI when the cars was new was unique, i.e. every one was custom. Cut and shaped to fit. The details of holes was whatever some fabricator cut. Passed down from ex-SAI team members comments include the intention of the "scoop" was not bring in air but gain clearance over the air horns of the most forward Weber carburetors. E. Weber published a design theory and practice manual. There were guidelines for the minimum clearance over the entrances to air horns. With the scoops completely open, which some car crews did, it is said that high speed air flow balance among air horns inlets was not very good. SAI experimented with a variety of scoop sizes, shapes, and heights. Factory photos were taken of different configurations from different directions to show details. The comments from long ago were that the baffles were installed in attempts to control air flow distrubances over the air horns.