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Old 11-24-2017, 09:34 PM   #92 (permalink)
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Technically correct is the best kind. Forget teh posers.

Adding a front wall for an air dam will gain almost nothing. Unless it is convex to add a bellmouth to the lower valance. However, add an artfully shaped (per aerohead) shark-fin to each outer end and you can create an air curtain that will throw a flat jet of fast air over the front wheel opening. It would be a convergent duct aimed somewhere between the outer edge of the tread and the sidewall.
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