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Originally Posted by Bearleener
Note also the Audi A2-like wheel well bulge (what for?).
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I have Morelli's SAE paper (2000-01-0491) on this system and in the photo of the final car the bulge doesn't look nearly as pronounced. It looks like there's just enough room to clear the tire. Maybe they changed it or it's an optical illusion. He claims that the sytem saves 5 kW of power and consumes only 240 W, for a ratio of 20/1. Let's see, (5kW-240=4760W) / 746W/hp = 6.38 hp saved at speed. Not bad.