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[Brams96]

Aerodynamics....And......Mini......Two words I never expected to see in the same sentence.....LOL...

My original questions weren't about aerodynamics but more about the air flow/pressure under the wings & whether it could be improved to aid heat reduction & lift caused.

[Bungle]

isn't air flow aerodynamics ?

[Brams96]

True, but I thought aerodynamics was the air flowing over the car. I suppose the flow under the wings could be considered part of that.

[Bungle]

do you not watch F1 and see the work they do to help the air flow under the car

[RayBoogs]

True, but I thought aerodynamics was the air flowing over the car. I suppose the flow under the wings could be considered part of that.

Aerodynamics just means the movement of air basically, and its interaction with a solid object, i.e. a car, so this would mean at any point on the car, so air under the wings under the car over the car etc would be considered as aerodynamics.

I can't really see the holes in the a-panels as having a great noticeable effect on a road car, might look fairly cool though

[Brams96]

do you not watch F1 and see the work they do to help the air flow under the car

Actually, I have been contemplating using some sheet aluminium to make cover all the way under the car so it would be smooth and at the back have it go slightly past the rear valance so there isn't that big cavity round the rear subframe. The only difficult bit would be under the gearbox.

[Brams96]

Sorry to bring this up again but I had a play around with some ideas on paper so thought I would post a pic of the idea. Basically I thought if you partially deseamed the body (ie front seams and front & rear roof lips) you could add in a vertical vent in the wing which would have a curved leading edge & vent under it. This edge would disrupt the airflow going over the vented hole & suck air out from under the wing. In turn getting rid of the front seams would reduce the drag over all on the car but leaving the side gutters would stop water ingress to the doors.

Does this seem plausable?



PS: Sorry to Maggies_Minder for borrowing your (awesome) pic, I hope you dont mind.