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What do the air ducts do in the 550?

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  1. Ferrarienthusiast71

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    The orange aero floor duct and the two grey ones ?
     
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    Floor duct is to cool down the alternator which will fry without it.
    The grey ducts are for brake cooling.
     
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    Can the floor duct be improved upon ? Why is the floor duct orange the brake ducts not orange?
     
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    Why should they be in the same colour since they are not the same diameter?
     
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    Does it need improvement?
     
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    Why doesn’t the alternator fry when idling
     
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    Because it has cooling air? Also the fact that the term idle means doing no work. When work is not being done heat is not generated and radiated.

    I have worked on 550s since the day they came out. Is there an alternator issue I am unaware of?
     
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