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Old 11-14-2010, 04:43 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Well done, you found something re: ducts (f-duct)! Unfortunately that is not a circumstance of straight-forward drag reduction; it is a special racing circumstance of desiring to control the downforce and drag characteristics of a wing via skirting the rules that state one cannot have moveable wing elements. While they welcome drag reduction whenever they can get it, their main goal is downforce production. I don't see it being applicable to the street unless your street machine is designed for illegal speeds and sports a wing.

You could do an Ecomodder search for "duct" and find 124 hits to dig through...
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