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Originally Posted by markweatherill
The base of the windscreen is a known high-pressure area on cars.
I wondered if locating the engine's air intake there would have any real effect on aerodynamics?
In fact, why isn't that standard practice on cars??
(I was reading about such an intake mod on Autospeed, about a Mazda MX5 where it was done for performance)
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Is the Mazda drafting behind other race cars such that the ordinary ram-air available at the forward stagnation point is eclipsed by the lead car?