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Old 10-25-2014, 07:11 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I found another picture of the car, which clearly shows that there are no vents in the wheelwell. So they must be for extracting heat from the enginebay.

http://www.carblog.co.za/wp-content/...00484914_h.jpg

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Hi Freebeard - Your quote above is a great observation. Now that you mention it, one can plainly see how that upper panel diverts airflow to behind that mirror. Excellent!
Too bad it's for naught--the car is a Ferrari, and so likely to be driven very little anyway, and also a convertible, which means it won't log many miles with the top and windows up....

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