Thread: A pillar guides
View Single Post
Old 01-10-2021, 02:40 PM   #54 (permalink)
Vman455
Moderator
 
Vman455's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Urbana, IL
Posts: 1,939

Pope Pious the Prius - '13 Toyota Prius Two
Team Toyota
SUV
90 day: 51.62 mpg (US)

Tycho the Truck - '91 Toyota Pickup DLX 4WD
90 day: 22.22 mpg (US)
Thanks: 199
Thanked 1,806 Times in 942 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cd View Post
Since I brought up air curtains, I also wanted to ask why they are only found on the front wheels of vehicles.
This may not be such a concern for cars, but I notice air curtains are absent on Chevys' Silverado pickup, which has them on the front only.
The Silverado currently has the largest air curtain ducts on any production vehicle--they're more than a foot tall IIRC (I measured them at an auto show in the Before Times), and about twice as tall as those on its platform mate, the GMC Sierra.

There are only three cars with air curtain ducts at the rear: the Lexus LC, Honda Clarity, and Hyundai Veloster N (not N-line).
__________________
UIUC Aerospace Engineering
www.amateuraerodynamics.com
  Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Vman455 For This Useful Post:
Cd (01-10-2021), freebeard (01-10-2021)