Keith,
What about vortex generators, which I think are legal?
My guess is that anything that will reduce wake turbulence
would offer a gain.
Bryan
Keith Turk wrote:
> Because the time is limited I have to come up with a reasonable plan to use
> the Wind tunnel to gain as much as I can ... We've said there was about 10
> tests possible without rushing... so here's my plan to use them.
>
> 1. Stock no wind ride height.
>
> 2. Head rest fairing. ( new piece I built )
>
> 3. Windscreen tests... ( I can run three back to back )
>
> 4. Roll bar covering... ( spanning the front and back hoop only... like an
> indy car sorta )
>
> 5. Old Hood scoop with new tail section.
>
> 6. New Hood scoop. ( I simply rounded the corners a bit more and mocked up a
> tunnel test unit )
>
> 7. Simple 1.5" strip front chin spoiler.
>
> 8. New Nose ( I've flattened the nose out a bit and made it a bit more like
> the Camaro )
>
> 9. Bonneville final ride height at 260mph. ( requires resetting car's ride
> height... so I'm saving it for last thou it might be the most important test
> )
>
> 10. Quickie spoiler strip add to the back spoiler... ( we took them off at
> Bville the first year... I want an empirical answer as to how much they
> actually cost in real drag... and if they added any downforce )
>
> I've pounded thru this last two weeks trying to sort out as much as I could
> ... The plan is to be semi prepared for the time there...
>
> What do you guys think?
>
> Keith ( other then wanting to be there?... LOL guess Doug Odom's actually
> going to get that done. )
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