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Old 09-11-2008, 12:02 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cfg83 View Post
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I looked at the PDF and found a cool picture of wheel skirt aero analysis :

First Generation Audi A3
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What strikes me in the slide is the 30-35% of total drag attributed to wheels and arches. That's a lot of drag for a small area when you consider the whole body surface. This might deserve more thinking than I originally thought.
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