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Originally Posted by aerohead
The lowest pressure will occur along the sides of the vehicle, not the rear.
Exhausting to the rear requires that zero leakage occur at the trunklid (boot) seal, and seal between trunk and rear seat/cabin.
It's the reason NASCAR demands side pipes to dilute tailpipe gases which could be inhaled during 'drafting.'
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(Apologies for hijacking your thread Talos, but the pics below do show the high pressure areas in front of the car too)
I'm aware of the venturi effect aerohead and that fast moving air generally means lower pressure.
But aerodynamics is a counterintuitive business and i'm confused.
Here's the intuitive idea:
And here's flow which goes with what you said:
And here's a pressure view from underneath a car where one can see a hint of orange high pressure behind the car:
(Is the high pressure just low down..?)
Here's the exhaust next to the number plate on an early Lotus Europa:
(my project car if I ever get the damn Anglia sold)
But it was moved to the more conventional spot in later models.
At a guess I'd say the rear number plate area is likely to be the most consistent low pressure area on a car at various speeds if you don't care about CO poisoning..?
Link to article where the pics come from:
(properly placed bonnet vent seems like a good idea)
https://robrobinette.com/S2000Aerodynamics.htm
Other links showing the low pressure area behind a car, where people like to put boat tails to 'fill that vacuum' (your canopy included!
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https://www.researchgate.net/figure/...fig2_322640200
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