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Old 11-03-2009, 09:36 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Ok, so downforce is drag, first of all. In order to have zero gross drag, you need a neutral shape which produces no downforce, negative or otherwise.

Secondly, it would lower the stagnation point of the front of the car. No real telling (from me, anyway) whether that would help or hurt anything.
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