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Old 08-07-2013, 10:28 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jedi_sol View Post
i think your idea of adding a lip in the leading edge of the wheels to deflect air away would be detrimental to aero because you are now increasing your frontal area of the car....thus causing more drag
It wouldn't be adding frontal area. It would pretty much be a wheel skirt with the middle cut out so you could still turn. See the wiki page for some pictures.
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