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Old 07-03-2008, 09:28 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Yeah, Gurney invented the flap on the trailing edge of a wing. However, the effect holds wherever you put a 90* half inch flap. I think racers in general refer to those flaps as Gurney flaps. If you put on on the front half of the wheel arch, you will generate a slight vaccuum behind it, pulling air out of the wheel wells.

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