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copyright and courtesy Greg Cooper,
Juha
Kivekas, Jeff Nagle and
Michael
J. Fuller
Text
copyright
Michael
J. Fuller
As
pointed out before on the Lola
B2K/40, the MG utilizes a duct in front of the rear wheels to pull
air into the base area of the car to reduce drag. The MG continues
the low drag theme with the low slung rear wing that acts to improve extraction
of the rear underbody diffuser. |
The
floor area just aft of the front wheel fender is 3-D in cross section.
This might serve to increase the air flow velocity locally to encourage
further extraction from the front nose diffuser. |
The
3D section comes very far forward and terminates slightly aft of the front
wheel. |
Dyson
Racing's 2003 developments include a modification to the trailing edge
of the pontoon fender. The trailing edge is aimed more outboard and
is lengthened. This detail change works a couple of ways by helping
to reduce the drag of the sidepod intake (directing outboard airflow away)
as well as improving the exit airflow for the front diffuser. |
The Lola B2K/10 had a similar modification. |