"LeadfootYT" (leadfootyt)
07/02/2015 at 11:47 • Filed to: None
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"LeadfootYT" (leadfootyt)
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I can’t for the life of me think of the name for the hump behind the driver’s seat on this XK-D (or similar vintage racing roadsters). Been trying to look up what certain other cars look like with them, but no terms I’ve come up with to describe it have produced results. Anyone?
In other news, enough front page for this month...
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> LeadfootYT
07/02/2015 at 11:57 |
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I don’t know any good terms for that, so I’d probably just say streamlining bulge or canopy taper or something like that.
MultiplaOrgasms
> LeadfootYT
07/02/2015 at 11:58 |
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Headrest.
BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> LeadfootYT
07/02/2015 at 11:59 |
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It is an aerodynamic fairing, as a technical term.
There have been Corvettes, Ferrari 250 TestaRossas, Alfa Romeo racers, and many old grand prix open-cockpit race cars with that feature.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> LeadfootYT
07/02/2015 at 12:05 |
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Fairing, as BoxerFanatic says. Couldn’t think of it.
JDIGGS
> LeadfootYT
07/02/2015 at 12:05 |
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whats the difference between an xk d and an xk s
Brian, The Life of
> JDIGGS
07/02/2015 at 12:13 |
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About ten years
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> LeadfootYT
07/02/2015 at 12:17 |
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Speed hump obviously
Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)
> LeadfootYT
07/02/2015 at 12:29 |
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Technically speaking it’s the Go Faster Bulge.
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LeadfootYT
> BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
07/02/2015 at 12:40 |
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Thanks! That’s why I was so confused that I couldn’t come up with the name for it, since it so obviously features prominently throughout automotive racing history. I was trying to see whether anyone had tried to apply the idea to a street-going MGB, or even Miata (which they definitely have, since I’ve seen those, but couldn’t Google to find out).
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JDIGGS
> Brian, The Life of
07/02/2015 at 13:31 |
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sorry xkss