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Old 01-26-2010, 03:59 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Vortex generators

Interisting paper on this from Mitsubishi:

http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/cor...004/16E_03.pdf

Anyone ever tryed Airtab's on smaller cars?



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Old 01-26-2010, 05:52 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Wow, it's been like a year...almost to the day.

Check this out.

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tors-6806.html

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Old 01-26-2010, 06:12 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Thanks for the link. Can see that the subject has allready been covered fairly good.

Don't think I'm going to spend any money on those
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A lot of subjects have been thoroughly covered here. Probably most subjects you can think of. You can find a lot of info using the search box.
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Old 01-26-2010, 06:57 PM   #5 (permalink)
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And then there is the Ring Vortex Generator:

Fully portable...

100% effective...

No A-BB-A testing required for verification.
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LMAO... I used to do that (on a much smaller scale) with old cigarette packs.

That's an awesome experiment. I'm going to have to remember that and show it to my Son when he's older. *Saved*
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Christ,

Here's the Big Bad Wolf of ring vortex generators:



FWIW, you can get a smoke/fog generator at a guitar/rock band/theatrical
supply house. Something about 350-500 watst will do; ~$40, plus "smoke"
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I have delta shaped VGs on my car, although they're actually more effective at reducing lift than drag. According to Mitsubishi's research, drag was reduced 4 points and rear lift by 13.

According to this article, vortex generators can reduce drag up to 12% and rear lift by up to 104% using a bluff body application.


Awesome video by the way.
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ive been doing a ton of research on Fluid Dynamics of Automobiles and ran across a ton of info about vortex generators......here are a few sites I use.....


after I reach my stupid 5 post quote........

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