[John Rogers]

I called two shops here in San Diego and they both said the flaps are suppposed to be held OPEN by springs on the connecting rod that goes across the top of the engine. One did tell me it is possible to put them in backwards although I have never heard of that. You could try looking through the engine sheetmetal holes after removing the forward spark plug wires and shinning a light in the front where the fan is and then moving the connector where the cable attaches to and see if the light shines through. Best to do after dark. I also checked the stock sheetmetal that was removed from the race car and they are also default to open.