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Old 05-18-2011, 05:07 PM   #8 (permalink)
DonR
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Originally Posted by euromodder View Post
Corner scoops / air guides are fitted to just about all European cab-over-engine trucks.
This looks like it's doing the same on a smaller scale, then using the scooped air to blanket the wheel arch like an invisible front skirt.

I don't see why it should be disregarded.
These guys have their own pretty modern windtunnel.
Somewhere on internet I have seen these mounted on big rigs. I think the theory is that they turn the air around the corner, preventing separation & the drag associated. The ones I saw were mounted on the front corners & above the windshield.
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