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Old 07-09-2008, 10:07 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MechEngVT View Post
From your first pics of your new dam I would have suggested taking the ends further all the way to the wheel well and maybe flaring the edges to push air away from the front edge of the tire (actually bend the coroplast just past 90 degrees and screw it into the inside lip of the front of the wheel well). This will also cause a vortex to draw air out from the engine compartment through the wheel wells and aid cooling flow.
I'm not done! I still have to get that part (the sides) done today. I was thinking about making the wheel well smaller by extending the air dam about 1" past the wheel well opening, and potentially having a slight outward lip on it. Any thoughts on this - good/bad idea vs. wrapping around the corner of the wheel well?

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