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Originally Posted by Sven7
Those things make frontal area skyrocket and allow large pockets of turbulence to form behind them.
There's a reason people's front wheel skirts are fitted tightly to the car- if they stick out into the airflow they may negate aero gains or even hurt FE.
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Yeah, that's what I was thinking too but never hurts to ask. wasn't entirely sure about front wheel skirts and the distance between them if it was able to match the body as well, or just stick with the sleek hinged skirts everyone else has already been doing. Starting to work on them now, gathering ideas, rough drafts/parts list, etc.
"if it ain't broke don't fix it" lol, damn my quest to do everything against "rule of thumb"...
Maybe working on front or Rear bellypan today/tomorrow. Calling some shops around see if any have 4x8 coroplast available.
Any ideas about certain thin wood sheets? In question: 1/4" sheet of 3-ply plywood, MDF/partical board out of question. It's ok if its just temporary for now. I know well enough water is bad, but itll be under the car. Also with that large of piece, adding to aero efficiency should still help even with the increase equivalent of a small speaker box. ~10-15lbs, if that... Used mainly for the front for durability at this time. A starting point for now, and a proper template to transfer to a nice shiny piece of coroplast later on
