althought the present car that holds the BGS record, the car from Washington that is sponsered by the apple grower, and I can't remember his name,
Rex, you mean the Danny Apple Boy....these are good ole friend of mine, I know this car very well - there inlet and "tube" to the engine looks similar but it's not so in the function.....they use a nice trick....I had to smile when I saw it the first time.....
D. Bernoulli still rules this area.
This, when I understood you right, is the rule for closed system.
Here we got a open system - aerodynamic and airflow is very strange - air likes to go the easiest way - if the air is blocked in inlet system ist tries to go otherwise, this means the air goes the way back where it comes from. The picture I saw from the inlet shows a constant cross section from the opening to the engine.......
To the nose - I remember a VW streamliner - I think it was in the seventies - he also used a so high nose - at last......he flips.......alright this diesel locomotive is very heavy and too long may be......
let use see what he does on the great white dyno......