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Old 12-07-2011, 05:08 AM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SvdM View Post
This seems to suggest that it should indeed work... provided (naturally) that you don't add to the total frontal area.

F Ducts: How do they work? | F1 2011 | Formula One technology | Racecar Engineering | Race car technology explained
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The first sentence on your link says it all: "When McLaren’s F-Duct system first appeared in pre-season testing it was hailed by many a a true stroke of genius, a classic example of out-thinking the regulations."

"Out thinking the regulations." Race cars are built to a set of rules and this tech is designed to get around those rules. Street legal cars are built to a different set of rules so even if, and it's a big IF, this idea worked with these different rules there are likely easier and better ways of getting to the goals we have. And speaking of goals, race cars are also built for different goals than ours. Who here wants to pull 5 gees in their car?
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