What to do about front downforce... (I don't wanta bumper)

[BuG60]

Its gonna be painted silver, and I don't have everything else done, there is still ALOT of work to be doen before it goes to pain in 3-5 weeks or so. Oh, btw, this is my new handle.

That sounds good, but I was just thinking. If I do something that is similar to the kamie airdam, then I also need to have a cutout for the rad. It needs atleast some air, and I figure that the best place for that would be right in the middle. I was jsut playing gran tourismo 4, and the car i'm racing with right now is the GT40 (04 body style) and I noticed something that it has, along with the ferrari enzo, and I think even the mclaren F1 all have, and thats a gaping hole in the front, with an outlet in the hood, alowing the air to literally travel IN the car, and exiting out of the hood. Suddenly i picture a kamie airdam with 3 gapes in it, one in the middle for the rad, and 2 on the side, exiting through the roof of the trunk lid. The car is already in a cut-up state, i'll toy with the idea tomorow at the shop (Cept the damn gas tank is in the way.

[bobgsinsung]

Done a bit of research on aerodynamics and spoke to a freind who is versed in aero engineering. Heres what my conclusion is.

The air travelling under the car is of less importance than the air travelling over the car. Aparrently the lift created is a dependant on ratio of air over both top and underneath.

The airstream running over the top of the bug is uninterrupted right through to the rear valance. Creating LOW pressure at the rear and therefore high amounts of lift on the rear axle.

So the airstream needs to be interrupted somehow. Some kind of spoiler continuous with the bodywork (so no air can travel around or underneath)at the rear. Like a spoilerlip on the audi tt but above the rear window.

And air needs to travel faster under the car to help neutralise the low pressure at the rear. Flat belly pans/undertrays to smooth underneath and sideskirts as low as possible to maintain air travel direction.