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Old 07-18-2015, 02:27 PM   #3 (permalink)
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An aspirated void cannot support airflow.As soon as airflow encounters a void it must turn into the void,disrupting the flow and initiating turbulence.
If you can completely seal all the wheel openings,like Ford's ATLAS concept pickup active wheel shutters,then the air is sequestered inside there,creating a pool of stagnant air of which the surrounding flow can skip off of,like a birdbath spoiler on an old MUSTANG GT of the 80s.
The active shutter addresses brake cooling.Smart thinking.
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