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Originally Posted by freebeard
Frankly, it looks about the same to me. A hot mess from the torsion bar on back.
Check out this 'vette at Bonneville. Looked at one way, the outer half of the rear wheel spat is missing, which might bleed air out of the wheelwell. Another, and it looks like a massive end cap on the difusser to prevent the smooth air mixing with turbulence from the wheelwell. The pic doesn't show it but they curved outward for the width of the tire tread.
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*With the dual parachutes,the Corvette is in the 175-mph + speed category.
Depending on their terminal velocity,if sideways,could lift off,as Racing Beat's 3,000-lb RX-7 did at 235-mph.
*Goro Tamai discussed a "geometric center of sideview area" with respect to the center-of-pressure/center-of-gravity bias,which Chrysler refers to as a 'static margin.'
*My guess,is that in the case of the Corvette,the team has done everything within the rulebook to keep the car pointed straight down course.
*All the capping plates are 'fin',to weather-vane the car should she lose traction and attempt to go sideways.
*These spins can happen so quickly that even a veteran driver has little time to deploy the parachute(s).
