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Originally Posted by Arragonis
I think so but will wait for those who are cool enough to have made such things.
Just wanted to tap that the many photos on this thread are really great. Will add a thanks where I can. 
EDIT - I like your SAAB avatar. |
Thank you! You should see my Tatra picture collection
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Originally Posted by euromodder
You can combine both for best effect.
While a belly pan smooths out the airflow underneath a car, it's still far from perfect, and the air still has the bad effect of the nearby ground working against it.
So it still pays off to use an air dam to shove the air to the sides, rather than underneath.
If you make the air dam too low, you'll increase the frontal area and thereby drag (CdA), canceling out the effect of the air dam.
If you want to go the Full Monty, you can add boattails behind the wheels.
A fairing in front of the rear wheels could also help - or alternatively skirts filling the void between both wheels (and as wide as the wheels), then boattailing the rear wheels.
Take a look here :
aerocivic.com
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It may look crude, but even then the results are impressive.
(Makes you wonder what it'd do if it was as smooth as a new car.)
Having the antenna inside the vehicle instead of sticking out in the breeze will also help a tiny bit |
Thanks! I'll probably do a smaller belly pan then if I have the time. I've been thinking about boattails behind the wheels but again, i'm running out of time before I leave for school.
I've perused the AeroCivic thread and it is very impressive. If I had enough time and money the Probe would start looking like that, but alas the most easy and effective things must come first. I'm going do make some wheel spoilers for the rears like these, then maybe maybe boat tails down the road.
Also, found some Probe V images for inspiration.
