OK here we go again!
I worked for Triangle Engineering in 1975 as a marketing manager.
Triangle engineering was, at the time the worlds largest manufacturer of
Roof Top Turbine Ventilators.
After exhaustive testing at Texas A&M university with about ten varieties
of ventilators that were designed to suck.
None of them sucked, they all drafted exactly in proportion to the size
of the hole in the roof.
Since heat rises and the wind blows when it rains it makes them twirl.
Its apparent to me that we need a twirling scoop. That way it would
perform exactly like the hole it covers.
All of you folks have seen my half assed wind ram at
http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/vent.htm
Now this thing blows your sun glasses off at 60 mph as well as
dehydrating any fruit you happen to have in the van.
So a ram vent is a real help if you stick an oil cooler behind it.
Granted you're going to get a fair amount of dirt, insects, rain in your
cooler and in your engine compartment but wow! its great to be cool.
Not me bubba, I just stop and turn it around facing backwards and it
becomes an exhaust vent on rainy days.

Stan Wilder

On Fri, 23 Aug 2002 01:04:36 EDT Ben T <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM> writes:
> Why don't you all just say scoops suck because they don't suck? Put a
> damned
> exhaust fan in the rear and ground touching skirts on your damned
> vans and
> let's move on. You are all neglecting the fact that some folks want
> scoops
> because they don't suck in the looks department though they suck in
> the
> function department.
>
> BenT
> out of shape
>

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