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Old 02-15-2018, 01:56 PM   #2582 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
...Unless widening the body to fit the track would add frontal area. Putting a wide body on a car designed for a narrower track is what we're used to seeing.
The fender flares are already increasing the frontal area, so making the rest of the sides flush with the wheels would likely help lower the drag.

Narrowing the rear wheel track would allow for a plan taper, which would obviously lower drag.
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