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Originally Posted by aerohead
I'm not certain that the wheel well aft of the tire catches any air at all in the context of a parachute.A parachutes drag is created from the all-separation,enormous turbulent wake above it.
A pool of dead air may just travel along with the quarter panel,as with a rear bumper,with the active flow just ricocheting off the dead air.
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If there is no air being caught in the well and the air is being pushed around the wheel/wheel well then what is the benefit of the radiused well behind the tire? I'm under the assumption that the radius or vents eliminate/aliviate pressure that causes drag from caught up in the wheel well.
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2007 Ford Focus ZX5 - 91k - SGII, pending upper and lower grill bocks - auto trans
1987 Monte Carlo SS - 5.3/4L80E swap - 13.67 @ 106
2007 Ford Focus Estate - 230k - 33mpg - Retired 4/2018
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