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On my 603, there's a driver side foot level air intake

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Old 05-03-10, 06:37 PM
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Default On my 603, there's a driver side foot level air intake

with a rotating circular cover one turns by hand, in the outer foot-well wall.

Is this simply there to let in supplemental ambient air in the foot-well area, that at some point someone decided would be helpful or was often necessary?

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Old 06-03-10, 02:33 PM
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My Willie's Brigand has a similar vent. His vent looks very similar to the eyeball at each end of the dashboard. It provides a good blast of low level air to keep the feet cool. Even an Englishman shod with Goodyear welted brogues requires a modicum of cooling air for podiatric comfort.

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Old 06-03-10, 03:00 PM
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Default On my 603, there's a driver side foot level air intake

In the 412 S1 and S2 with the hard rear top fitted you need to leave the lower vents open if you want the heating to work effectivly as there is no rear ventilation venting. The Beaufighter hard top has vents inserted to do this though.
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Old 06-03-10, 03:20 PM
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But, would that be the case in the 603, with its rear fender vents?

I'm sure it's simply providing additional foot level intake for the driver and in general and I would guess from the OS front wing, to avoid it coming in over the engine.

It somehow look anomalous though.
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, to avoid it coming in over the engine.

It somehow look anomalous though.
I think you will find that the air comes through a plenum chamber under the windscreen - at least it does on our Brigand. No car manufacturer would consider air coming direct from the engine bay as engine fumes would pollute the passenger compartment.

Our Polari really loves the air the low level vent provides when he sits in the footwell as it really eases his car sickness, still this is a problem with Toy poodles - such rugged little dogs but very poor at travelling.

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Old 06-03-10, 06:07 PM
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Default On my 603, there's a driver side foot level air intake

The primary purpose is to provide diffused fresh air ventilation into
the car at your feet, the 412 is a special case but only with the hard
top in situ.

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