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Old 02-02-2010, 07:57 PM   #16 (permalink)
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strakes/boattails

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Originally Posted by moonmonkey View Post
then its front and rear strakes aka tire boattails. instead for me,, the rocker panels are even with my belly pan already.
Yes,the leading and trailing fairings really help for the wheel drag.
Ford found that a trailing fairing after the front tires was not necessary on it's Probe-IV.The MG EX-181,Sunraycer,and Honda Dream-2 all employed complete fore and aft fairings for their tires.GM did delete theirs' for the trans-Australian Solar Challenge so they could survive 40-mph crosswinds,a strategy which allowed them to out run storms and get to sunshine.
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