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Old 04-11-2012, 03:43 AM   #145 (permalink)
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rear wheel well design

The effort/payoff ratio was just too high for the custom waterpump and water flow engineering, so I've just created u-turn pipes for the stock pump and thermostat housing, and then just keep the alternator and the belt drive.
If I end up doing the hybrid motor setup, then it is worth the effort for the rest.

I'm now looking at fabricating the rear wheel wells, and it got me thinking, there must be some issues with wheels turning so fast regarding the flow of air around the tires. In the front of the tires there is not much I can do, but in the back there is room to do something, just WHAT I don't know, should I leave a wide open space, or try to tuck it in close to the tire?? Or some other clever airflow engineering?
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