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I just got my set today. Very sturdy. Don't think someone would spend the time bending the vanes.
The guy that makes these for me says he makes much larger pieces without those Center supports and in years of use has never seen a problem from vibration or Shady people bending them back and forth
I chose "outies" because they help extract air from the wheel well as opposed to an "innie" which will help vent pressure from the wheel well, I wanted active extraction of all the air I could.
I chose "outies" because they help extract air from the wheel well as opposed to an "innie" which will help vent pressure from the wheel well, I wanted active extraction of all the air I could.
My opinion only...I don't think it matters if they are in or out. For aesthetics, i just want them in so they don't stick out.
FYI...Viper ACR has innies on front fenders....and if you want max air flow, they actually remove the vents and just have a giant open hole.
Yes but, a diffuser won't do squat without an underbody to feed it clean air. So the underbody is going to come first. I do have these sweet splitter diffusers
Yes but, a diffuser won't do squat without an underbody to feed it clean air. So the underbody is going to come first. I do have these sweet splitter diffusers
That couldnt be further from the truth. The diffuser works well, even with poor aero in front of it. Does it work best with flat aero? Yep. Will it still work with a stock corvette floor? Yep.
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Gee, I wonder why the C6R uses vents then? Guess you know something the Corvette race team doesn't.
Race cars are great for design inspiration. But you have to understand that often times they are working with in a confined rule set. So you will see them do some funky things to remain legal. It may not always be the best setup efficiency wise because of the constraints.
To the OP: Great work! Looking forward to seeing more!
Race cars are great for design inspiration. But you have to understand that often times they are working within a confined rule set. So you will see them do some funky things to remain legal. It may not always be the best setup efficiency wise because of the constraints.
Excellent point. That's why on the C6R the wing is so low and close to the car.
In this case, however, the argument was that the vents themselves actually hinder airflow vs. just an open hole. The counter argument was that the Corvette race team uses them, so that's likely not the case.
I'm not aware of any rule restricting vents vs. open holes.
Reguardless, the vents help to laminarize the airflow coming out of the fender as it joins the air coming over the car. If they weren't there, you'd get a bit of turbulence as the two air streams mixed together.
Jeremy is right, that you have to be careful when you look at the GT cars. However, you also have to look at other cars, like the LMP cars when discussing this stuff.
In this case, you must not be able to see the wheel and tire from above. Hence the louvers.
06-01-2017, 01:37 PM
