rufford ford

Dec 29, 2021 Last reply: 4 years ago 23 Replies

I lost the plastic under-tray on my Peugeot 306 when I grounded on a very slight hump-backed bridge (and not even a sharp one) at maybe 50 mph. I had to drive with the tray scraping on the road to the nearest garage where they lent me a Stanley knife to cut it off its remaining mounting bolts, and then got my garage to tidy things up next time it was on a hoist being serviced. I drove it without an undertray for the next 8 years, having decided that a new one was too expensive. I think the tray may have already become detached at the front, and that is what let it drop far enough to catch on the road - and the hump combined with the speed meant the wheels were pushed up more than normal for a brief instant.

The car is not low-slung by any means, but I've grounded the front and back bumpers when crawling forward onto a steep drive, as it transitions from the level road. I also did the same thing with our Honda CRV (which is high slung, so should be even less of a problem) when we went to view a house that we were considering buying. We got there, tried to reverse onto the drive, scraped the front bumpers or skirt in front of the wheels on the ground as I was edging back very slowly (I could see that there might be a problem), and decided "this would be a liability, and my Peugeot would be even more of a problem" and aborted the viewing. The house owner and estate agent were not happy but agreed that it was for a very valid reason. Goodness knows how the house owner got his car on and off his drive without taking out the front or back bumpers/skirts is a mystery.

To get cooler denser air. There can be a big difference in air temp between just under the bonnet and just above the road.

Tim

Indeed as followers of formula one know, the air next to the road can be well over 50°C...

The correct answer is that while underbonnet temperatures may be over

50°C the air outside is not.

So the best place to place an air intake is where performance cars put it - in a scoop on top of the bonnet.

The second best place is at the car front above or in front of or to one side of the radiator.

The third best pace is in the engine compartment provided there is cool air directed in there.

The worst place is low down under the radiator

Naturally that is where Citroen put it.

All good fun! The real "ford" is at Welney washes out in the fens

betwixt the new and old Bedford rivers that is a real sod in fact if its too fast and deep they shut the road! Been thru there when it was or got a bit deeper tried to keep to the middle and a bloody great farm vehicle almost caused me of the road theres also a strong cross current some nice vid here of crossing the damm thing!..

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.5153972,0.2584361,1611m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

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