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Old 01-28-2014, 10:47 PM   #28 (permalink)
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Morelli sweated these extractors out in the Pinifarina tunnel,finally getting all four to discharge parallel and at the exact velocity of the local flow.It's probably one of the lowest drag cooling systems ever constructed.If you fish around enough you'll find some photos of these extractors.This is what you'd want to use as a benchmark.
Is this what you're talking about, with the two "grills" on the front bumper?

I could see how they are lower drag, instead of a brick wall like most radiator grills, it is swept back slightly. But where does the air exit?
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