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Old 11-18-2011, 09:46 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Sven7 View Post
He means that when the Point of Stagnation is halfway from the top and bottom, half of the air will go up and half will go under. The pressure of the air going under will want to push the car up into the air, creating lift (while a more or less equal force on the top pushes the car down). Lowering the PoS will let more air over the top than under the bottom, skewing the air pressure to create more downforce than lift.



BTW, how does one go about making a strong stable, durable bullet nose? Perhaps I'll have to study the Aero Civic thread.


I assumed that by " bullet nose " we were talking a half bullet nose, such as a Corvette, a Firebird, a Saturn SC coupe, or the car on page one.



Cars with bullet noses such as the Avion will of course have more of the air flowing under the car.

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