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Old 10-16-2014, 02:48 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
Here's a picture that I hadn't shown because I wasn't happy with it (and there're problems trying to reproduce it):

It's basically a lipped vertical air dam curved to match the bumper, with flat-faced wings to scoop the air. The shape of the junction of the dam and wings is not right; I struggle with the design tool.
Just another thought there, looking at the picture. The leading edge of the 'flat faced wing' might not be pointing in quite the right direction - if there's still a bit of sideways flow at that point, the leading edge there would be at quite a high angle of attack, which could be a problem...
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