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6 Jun 2002, 16:40 (Ref:306543)
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Spyker Exhaust
Would someone take a good look at the profile of the Spyker (go on it won't bite you) and tell me if it looks to you as if the exhaust pipes are pointing forward?
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6 Jun 2002, 18:32 (Ref:306592)
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show us the picture then please!
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6 Jun 2002, 21:26 (Ref:306740)
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Can't find a decent picture of the exhaust, but think Liz is right. They point forward.
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6 Jun 2002, 23:32 (Ref:306855)
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weird! can someone technical fill us in on why this should be so? i could speculate but i'd sound daft!
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7 Jun 2002, 11:11 (Ref:307250)
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I can't post pictures. But if you will go here:
http://www.maisonblanche.co.uk/02testwp.html and look at the bottom left photo it is a profile of the Spyker and seems to clearly show this extraordinary feature. Doesn't seem to me as if it'd work that way. |
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7 Jun 2002, 11:20 (Ref:307257)
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From a complete technical dunce:
Are you sure they aren't air intakes for cooling the engine? |
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7 Jun 2002, 11:27 (Ref:307261)
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you're not talking about the rear brake ducting are you??
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7 Jun 2002, 11:35 (Ref:307264)
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The features on the side of the car are all air intakes whether for the engine or rear brakes...
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7 Jun 2002, 13:41 (Ref:307340)
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Placement reminds me of the 935-k4 that was just posted by cybersdorf in the Name that Car thread. I'd say brake duct.
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7 Jun 2002, 14:50 (Ref:307453)
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Go to amazing43.com and look at the Le Mans test day feature (Part III) You will see the Spyker in its underwear. Quite clearly the exhausts are exiting at the back.
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7 Jun 2002, 15:15 (Ref:307502)
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Sent a mail to Spyker, let's hear the official statement about the function of these "things".
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7 Jun 2002, 17:47 (Ref:307601)
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I had a good look at the road cars at PQ and their exhausts all exit at the back. I'm quite sure the ducts in the pic are not exhausts. I'd go for engine cooling.
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7 Jun 2002, 17:56 (Ref:307606)
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I don't know about engine cooling - why duct that air so far back when you could put rads right at the intake? (This car isn't air-cooled, is it?)
I'd still go for brake cooling. You can see where the air is channelled from the lower intake scoop, up to join the air from the upper intake, and then it looks like it doesn't go anywhere - I'd guess it's supposed to stay in the wheelwells. Why does it have an IMSA sticker? |
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7 Jun 2002, 20:27 (Ref:307727)
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Because it drove at Sebring.
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12 Jun 2002, 22:44 (Ref:312049)
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Got a reply today from Spyker's Production department, that it's a combination of a brake-duct and an engine air intake. So you were all a bit right...
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