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Old 10-20-2012, 03:50 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Lastly, I currently have a airflow channel down the bottom center of the vehicle. At the passenger compartment it measures 1 foot wide and 18" tall and it tapers wider and slightly taller at the front, only impeded by the steering rack and shift linkage.
It's not clear to me whether this air channel has 3 or 4 sides, but I agree with aerohead that the skin friction would increase the drag.

In addition, a 12x18" duct half the length of the car will take 9 cubic feet of interior volume. Won't that require increasing the overall width of the body?
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