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Ben Lipman Goo Roo SA Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car
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Monday, July 25, 2011 - 08:13 pm, by: Ben Lipman(Ben12a)
Thanks Aaron. It is funny, I didn't set out to design something that looks good. I put all the coolers in place and put holes in front of them. Then I found the easiest way to route the brake ducting and put holes there. The only thing I could play around with was the brake ducts. They were originally going to go off from the cooler at an angle (about 45 deg like the ford pic) but I figured that would be very hard to get a mould that would allow me to do that. I could have done a simple box for the intercooler and then put the brake holes either side, but I thought I needed some depth and angles to create strength.
The three cooler ducts are deliberately smaller than the cooler core they feed. Reading up on ducting in 'race car aerodynamics' you should aim to expand the space between the duct and core as this helps build a high pressure area in front of the cooler and thus aid in getting air to flow through to a hopefully low pressure area behind it.
So what you end up with is a pretty basic function over form shape.
I reshaped the passenger side duct and fixed the drivers brake duct this arvo. The whole thing is now covered in spray putty. Tomorrow night I'll give it a sand and fix any blemishes. This could go on for days.
