Frank818
09-04-2014, 04:28 PM
I remember a year+ back when Dave or Jim posted the wind tunnel little animation some people wanted to get the results of the testing.
What happened with that?
In my case I am not looking for numbers, explanations, I am looking for drawings or animations of all the body panels, windscreen, etc. showing how the air flows on each panel and around every single edge, orifice of the car.
The purpose of this is cuz I plan on adding scoops of my own and maybe modifying existing scoops, but how can I do something smart if I don't even know where the air flows?
For example, I learned that there is a depression on the S behind the seats and up to the trunk, so the scoop in the middle does not let air go inside the engine bay. How would you look like if you thought air was going in and you would fab a big scoop to let more air go in where in fact you won't get anything? Same applies on certain cars' hood, sometimes the air does not flow on the entire hood (front) but hits the front portion, then refracts up and directly on the windscreen. If you thought there was air everywhere and you would put a big scoop a-la-STI on a hood that flows no air on that portion, you would heat soak or kill your engine.
For what I plan on doing, I need that kind of input so I can install the right scoops, the right size, at the right locations.
What happened with that?
In my case I am not looking for numbers, explanations, I am looking for drawings or animations of all the body panels, windscreen, etc. showing how the air flows on each panel and around every single edge, orifice of the car.
The purpose of this is cuz I plan on adding scoops of my own and maybe modifying existing scoops, but how can I do something smart if I don't even know where the air flows?
For example, I learned that there is a depression on the S behind the seats and up to the trunk, so the scoop in the middle does not let air go inside the engine bay. How would you look like if you thought air was going in and you would fab a big scoop to let more air go in where in fact you won't get anything? Same applies on certain cars' hood, sometimes the air does not flow on the entire hood (front) but hits the front portion, then refracts up and directly on the windscreen. If you thought there was air everywhere and you would put a big scoop a-la-STI on a hood that flows no air on that portion, you would heat soak or kill your engine.
For what I plan on doing, I need that kind of input so I can install the right scoops, the right size, at the right locations.