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Originally Posted by cfg83
aerohead -
Ok. That's the 3rd gen firebird. Here is a 1983 in pace car livery :
I loved those wheelcovers when they came out, but they had a bad hi$tory of falling off.
CarloSW2 |
This is the car but to see what I'm talking about you've got to get down on your hands and knees.
Under the nose is the 'bottom-breather' shark mouth cooling system inlet and curved rubber airdam which aids with the stagnation pressure down there.Corvettes use the same setup.
You'll notice that the sides of the dam are radiused around to get the unused air out from below the car and pointed down the sides.Very good for both lift and drag!
Sometimes you'll see them partially ripped away and dragging the ground underneath.Driveway ramps,gotta love 'em!