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Originally Posted by kach22i
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First time I have ever seen that close up Superbird picture in action at Daytona ( I attended the race), what stands out to me mostly is the very crude duct taping of the front edge hood restraints, likely causing a lot of disruption of laminar airflow in a very critical location, and at that time it was widely known that even say dead bugs on the leading edges of airplane wings was a big no-no. I don't think the duct taping intent was to improve air flow, if it was, it was IMO rather misguided, but more to prevent hood pins from dislodging, being the duct tape pictured was a greater drag obstruction that a hood pin with a properly placed hairpin clip.