Thread: Short Skirts?
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Old 08-13-2008, 09:26 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by trikkonceptz View Post
Now that we are fully into the summer rainy season hear in S. Fla, I get to watch alot of vehicles move in the rain. I noticed something peculiar. All the turbulence that came from the wheels, repelling water came from the gap above the wheel. I never see the water interrupted in flow around the rim, even when coming off the front tire.

Led me to believe that theoretically a wheel skirt could probably be small enough to cover the wheel well gap and a bit of the top of the tire. Anyone care to test this for me?


Very interesting observation. Might even be seeing a little of that
top of the tire action in this pic.. It kinda looks like the air is really
whipping around at the one o'clock position..



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