posted 12-06-2008 01:08 PM                  

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posted 12-06-2008 03:14 PM                  

I would also like to thanks all those POA members and to Mike K for all the help
and the input we received to bring the new Panels back to the POA

As all ways, for the love of the Prowler

Thanks Gary and the Best Prowler site on the Web, the POA

Without Wax.. Don

posted 12-07-2008 07:32 AM                  

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Originally posted by the alchemist:
Apart from the visual change these panels give the Prowler do the panels help reduce under bonnet temperature by allowing hot air to escape thru the grilled openings? Also is there some internal cover that stops water entering into the engine compartment thru the grilled openings?

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posted 12-07-2008 09:23 PM                  

Bernoulli effect
The phenomenon of falling pressure in a fluid as the velocity of the fluid stream increases. The Bernoulli effect accounts for the lift generated by the airfoil shape of an airplane wing. See also Bernoulli's lawlift .

In simple terms, As the flow of the air passes across the vents at 90 degrees increases, on the Dragon Panels..it cause a negative pressure across the vents and air from the engine bay is evacuated...

Proof....after driving with the panels on for 30 minutes or so, feel the Spears..They are very hot to the touch...

Ask your self the question...Where did the heat come from?

or...

Bernoulli's principle thus says that a rise (fall) in pressure in a flowing fluid must always be accompanied by a decrease (increase) in the speed, and conversely, if an increase (decrease) in , the speed of the fluid results in a decrease (increase) in the pressure. This is at the heart of a number of everyday phenomena. As a very trivial example, Bernouilli's principle is responsible for the fact that a shower curtain gets ``sucked inwards'' when the water is first turned on. What happens is that the increased water/air velocity inside the curtain (relative to the still air on the other side) causes a pressure drop. The pressure difference between the outside and inside causes a net force on the shower curtain which sucks it inward. A more useful example is provided by the functioning of a perfume bottle: squeezing the bulb over the fluid creates a low pressure area due to the higher speed of the air, which subsequently draws the fluid up.

I used this law every day in medical research to measure air flow when I was at McMaster University for 30 years

Don McCormack

posted 12-08-2008 08:26 AM                  

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