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Old 11-24-2012, 06:39 PM   #52 (permalink)
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I think it's a bit overstated the positives of venting air out the top on a race car. That simply disrupts the flow to the rear wing and if you look back across the last 20 years few, if any, have done that. Most instead opt to venting radiator air out into the base area (low pressure) of the rear of the car. Clearly this isn't particularly practical given the packaging restrictions we all deal with...

Now the idea of venting the air into the front wheel well as suggested at the beginning of the thread isn't a bad one if the relative pressure work out and if more work is done to provide for the evacuation of the wheel well out the side of the car. Though that last part might be easier said then done.
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