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Old 12-14-2012, 05:12 AM   #90 (permalink)
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These are works in progress. I do need to deal with air ingress. Two of the designs in #post343378 address this. In fact you could combine the second of those with the ducted design just above.

I lean toward harvesting the air as it spills over the drip rail and tries to form a vortex.

Have you seen the route air takes in the Type III Notchback? In just below the backlight as on a Beetle, but then out to the sides, back through the fenders (where the Squareback picks it up) down to a plenum in the rear valance, and then forward into the engine.

Just today I found this (Wikipedia, I think):
I'm looking at it and thinking about a rear partial belly pan. I have a trailer hitch that reaches from the torsion bar housing to the back bumper, it might make a good foundation. It's certainly heavy enough.
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