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Old 04-26-2020, 03:43 PM   #231 (permalink)
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OP tries to slip one past us, but Youtube puts it on (at least my) front page:



TLDR; front undertray gives 45% benefit on the underside.


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Further down the page: Julian's grumpy video

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Make your own steel offcuts storage rack

I just use five-gallon buckets.

Car aero tricks and tips from the past

I had one of the examples, a 1961 Type II [panel van]. They came with a optional three piece bellypan between the axle lines:


(DDG, original page 404s)

But I believe these parts were used to stiffen the shell in the 23-window variants.

I would assert that the VW Beetle has a blown wake. 1500cfm, IIRC.

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