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Old 11-04-2014, 08:25 PM   #220 (permalink)
jedi_sol
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Originally Posted by pletby View Post
Very interested in the development of your wheel skirts. Now I understand why the long triangle in front: it fills in the bodywork.

I was looking at the shape of the bodywork and trying to figure out how I would fill that yesterday as I finished strapping on all my goodies again after getting the car back from the shop.
i think the triangle on the leading edge is to also keep the "angle of attack" as shallow as possible for the oncoming air to be as smooth as possible.

I did the same thing for the wheel skirt on my del sol.

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