 The
turbo inlet duct serves dual function. A vertical splitter divides
the asymmetrical inlet area up in roughly halves with one side feeding
the turbo (outboard inlet area), the other the rear brakes. |
 For
the 2008 Le Mans Test Days the 908 appeared with a revised turbo inlet.
In order to increase the height of the inlet, which is regulated to no
more than 200 mm above the surrounding surfaces (Art 3.4.5 c/), Peugeot
locally increased the height of the bodywork below the intake through a
surface undulation. This surface offset allowed the inlet to be raised
by the amount of the offset even though the intake itself was still no
more than 200 mm above that surface. The inlet area is now symmetrical
and there have been suggestions that the increase in height has been designed
so that the inlet works in conjunction with vortices shed off the side
mirror though this would seem to inject low pressure air into an area where
you are desiring a ram effect and high pressure. |
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 Here's
a comparison between the debut tail (here, and reversed for comparison's
sake) with the Le Mans '08 update (below). |
 We
can see that the rear fender shape is more blunt making the engine inlet
seem much more "remote" visually. The trailing edge of the tail also
has a more agressive kick up and the rear wing endplates are larger. |
 The
diesel engine's water cooler exhausts out a louvered panel in the forward
vertical face of the side pod. |
 The
center section of the cockpit's trailing edge is pinched inward in order
to improve airflow to the rear wing. |
 The
908's rear wing is an extruded section which doesn't change across its
span. |
 The
trailing edge body gurney is of varying height. At Le Mans in 2007
the body gurney was changed out a number of times during the race weekend
(see below) as the team fine tuned the car setup. The team made the
changes rapidly by changing the entire tail sections that had the new gurney
already fitted. |
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 The
908's rear diffuser strakes do not terminate at the trailing edge of
the diffuser. Instead the strakes end early and have a notch cutout. |
