Excellent, thanks Julian, for those reading it's my car and the 2 books advertised at the end have helped me along the way and helped me develop a part that brings more benefits than just looks.
I've Julian's original book, and followed him since Fast car and Autospeed days. Very smart man and great writer of all things automotive. I still think sooo many people need to read his 21st Century Performance book, sadly NLA.
Thanks Julian. I love your videos. I'm building a 53 Chevy pickup drag truck and need all the help I can get. I expect to run 170 MPH in the quarter mile. Aerodynamics are so important to me.
You best get on amazon then and buy his books, they have been a great help for me. Drag racing you just want stability, seal off as much frontal area as possible so just enough to cool and make that efficient by ducting the air through the radiator.
Interesting - I never thought about things this way. This actually means the engine bay cover on an Lotus Elise leads the "forward moving" air stream into the engine bay for cooling (although I guess this is a rather ifefficient way of cooling).
Would you ever venture an attempt to improve the slip stream of a VW kombi bus..? Or would it be hopeless endeaver? Thank you for your validated results on your testing.You do a grand job.Fantastic work.
Absolutely incredible video. This is more akin to what I'll eventually be doing. Now did he get some Lexan and make a plastic molded cover in a big ol Pizza Oven with the foam?
Excellent, thanks Julian, for those reading it's my car and the 2 books advertised at the end have helped me along the way and helped me develop a part that brings more benefits than just looks.
Well done mate.
I've Julian's original book, and followed him since Fast car and Autospeed days. Very smart man and great writer of all things automotive. I still think sooo many people need to read his 21st Century Performance book, sadly NLA.
Very cool project.
Amazing work.
Very nicely done. Good to see some people actually do testing. I hope to see more this kind of projects.
Wow, thanks! This is so cool, not only the roof reduces drag, but it also reduces lift, I didn't expect that!
Thanks Julian. I love your videos. I'm building a 53 Chevy pickup drag truck and need all the help I can get. I expect to run 170 MPH in the quarter mile. Aerodynamics are so important to me.
You best get on amazon then and buy his books, they have been a great help for me. Drag racing you just want stability, seal off as much frontal area as possible so just enough to cool and make that efficient by ducting the air through the radiator.
Another awesome video!
Excellent subject choice . Thanks, I’m building simulator stuff on a Porsche 914 for track and I’m at planning stage .
Excellent Video - thank you.
Interesting - I never thought about things this way. This actually means the engine bay cover on an Lotus Elise leads the "forward moving" air stream into the engine bay for cooling (although I guess this is a rather ifefficient way of cooling).
Doubtful. It's a low pressure area - flows depend on pressures. More likely an exit airflow area.
Would you ever venture an attempt to improve the slip stream of a VW kombi bus..? Or would it be hopeless endeaver? Thank you for your validated results on your testing.You do a grand job.Fantastic work.
Any car can be easily improved in aero, except perhaps for the most recent / expensive cars.
Absolutely incredible video. This is more akin to what I'll eventually be doing. Now did he get some Lexan and make a plastic molded cover in a big ol Pizza Oven with the foam?
Cool!
In the last shot, I also see he has a rear diffuser, and has cut open the rear bumper area of the car. I wonder what affect that has had ?
Wonder what the downforce will be when the engine has cooked off xD
Easy to use the same aerodynamic testing approach to then optimise engine cooling airflows.