View Single Post
Old 09-10-2010, 12:40 AM   #2 (permalink)
Otto
Master EcoModder
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: USA
Posts: 568
Thanks: 1
Thanked 73 Times in 58 Posts
Good show. Would be even mo better ifn those gaps at the sides of the realtor signs were filled in, preferably with fairings for the front wheels. For such installation, keep in mind the slipstream from the bow wave flows outboard by ~60 degrees (see Hucho pp. 142 & 183.), meaning the airflow hitting the front wheels impinges at a steep angle, meaning the wheel fairings need to be canted in accordingly, i.e., pigeon-toed.

While you're at it, may as well fill in those useless cosmetic slots at the outer curves of the bumper cover. (Those just add drag, since the air flowing around those curves is probably the fastest air the car feels. Drag increases exponentially with speed, so that is a particularly bad place to put lumps & bumps in the breeze.)
  Reply With Quote