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Old 03-10-2012, 04:35 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by kingsway View Post
I've heared quite a bit about use of airdams as a 'quick fix' to compensate for poor underbody aerodynamics. But I don't recall hearing anything about the use of an air splitter to force air to flow over the car rather than underneath.

Is their a reason for that? I ask because I think I would find it easier to make a splitter than an effective and good-looking airdam...
I'm pretty sure we've got into splitters in other threads.
Presently,most identify a 'splitter' as what NASCAR is doing with them.Attached to the very bottom of the front airdam,they force where the air can bleed off to,tailoring the flow at the nose.
For a daily driver,they would have to be 'active',as they would be knocked off the car with the first driveway ramp.
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