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Anybody else notice the sharp edged anti-diffuser along the lower bumper
line? I guess with the new air fflow pattern at the roof and sides, you would
want the under-car flow to breadk from the body as well.
I would like to see/learn more about the "blower type wheels." Apparently
they are coupled with the wheel well bulges. But there appears to be more
bits and pieces of the system under the car where they can't be seen. Here's
what the patent application says:
Abstract of EP0937633
"A device for reducing drag in vehicles is described and comprises
ventilating means (2) associated with each wheel (1) of the vehicle in order
to create respective auxiliary flows, and directing means associated with the
wheel housing (5) for directing the auxiliary flows, by means of a manifold
having an outlet, so that they pass along the bottom of the motor vehicle,
the device further comprising, associated with each wheel (1), a fixed screen
(20) restrained on the suspension members (21) and situated on the inner
side of the wheel, of which it screens the entire lower portion disposed below
the hub (22), excluding the tyre, in order to direct the auxiliary flow towards
the directing means (6, 7) associated with the wheel housing (5), to force
the whole of the flow to pass over the braking members (23, 24) associated
with the wheel (1), and to act as a fairing for the lower portion of the
wheel."
I just can't picture what all the bits and pieces being described here look like
or are doing.
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