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Originally Posted by chillsworld
So you're telling me my radiator ducting becomes a secondary form of propulsion as air flies out the hood? ![Big Grin](/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif) ![Big Grin](/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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Apparently it was worth several mph on the P51 fighter back in WWII, enough that they studied and optimized the effect. I don't have a reference handy but I think one or more of the NACA papers at the NASA archive deal with this. On a car at 55 mph, who knows :-).