Grumble "aircon" - Part 1

On 2006-07-25, Tom Woods <[email protected]> wrote:

> i keep meaning to experiment with mounting a bit of drainpipe pointing
> down out of the 'engine bay' to see if it could create a vacuum at the
> end and suck the heat out of the engine when moving

ISTR the idea behind such things is to route it out at a slant to the
rear and chop it off level to the underside to give a large elliptical
end, increases the suction. I've seen similar arrangements on various
racing cars of various ages.

You could just try lopping the end off a piece of drainpipe and
holding the cut end out of the window and seeing if you can feel any
air being drawn into it.

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On 2006-07-26, Ian Rawlings <[email protected]> wrote:

> You could just try lopping the end off a piece of drainpipe and
> holding the cut end out of the window and seeing if you can feel any
> air being drawn into it.

Incidentally, I mean a car window, while moving, not the kitchen window...

Just thought I'd clear that up ;-)

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