Skip,
I have heard it recommended that a metal plate be fashioned and
placed at an angle to the tire, designed for close tolerance when
the tire is rotating, to strip off air to avoid pumping losses in the
wheel well. (A tire probably makes a marginal centrifugal pump.)
Makes sense to me. Given this, vents along the max circumference
of the wheel well might be good, with several all around to vent
new air 'pumped' out by the tire rotation. I'm guessing the plate
should be at the back of the wheel well at the bottom opening
edge.
Thanks,
Jim W.
>Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 08:11:20 -0800
>From: Skip Higginbotham
>Subject: Re: Rotation Drag and other problems
>
>John,
>If the tire is covered, the top is of little consequence due to no air
>blast. Please explain how lift is created by a covered tire????? No vent
>required........I think. I would expect turbulence in the wheel well. But
>lift? Why not down force? Got some test data? If supported by actual
>numbers then a vent may indeed be required after all.
>My front wheel(s) well is vented to the rear. Inside the car. Taking on air
>via the slot for the tires may affect lift tho.
>Skip
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