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Originally Posted by aerohead
In the eighties,when articles were coming out about the GM and Ford concept cars,journalists were reporting claims from the project aerodynamicists that the volume of the wheel-house itself was a source of drag,and that Ford had gone after it with vengeance,with respect to development of their Probe-series cars.Ford cut to a bare minimum the amount of room in the wheel-well,then they actually added a inner wheel cover which moved with the wheel/tire,to reduce flow interference within the wheel-well.Then they incorporated the flexible urethane membrane which would inhibit airflow into the wheel-house,while still allowing the tire to steer.Looks as if its a good idea to block as much airflow to the wheel area as possible,and any way you can do it.Don't remember any specific numbers for drag reduction being attributed for the mods.I will look again at the article.
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Yeah , I remember that as well.
It was sort of a wheel well within a wheel well with the inner one being a really close fit around the tyre.
It seemed to be a promising development but that was the last I heard about it.
Any extra info would be appreciated.
Pete.