[corradolist] Active Aero System

[josh at offthehill.org (Josh ChaitinPollak)]

On Feb 7, 2006, at 5:58 PM, Gabe Rowe wrote:

> I've often thought that for a road car, an active front spoiler  
> would be great since you could still drive it on the roads, but get  
> the benefit similar to what you see on GT cars that have the front  
> spoiler and just basically blocking off the front bottom edge of  
> the car... no air flow under the car is good for traction at high  
> speed right?

I think its more the down force generated in the front more than the  
lack of airflow that is helpful. Its all about decreasing lift.

On a related note, I think some race cars and I think maybe Audi  
production cars are using or investigating the use of dimples, like  
those on golf-balls, on the undercarriage of cars to control the  
airflow. A quick google search turned up mention of a Lexus, but no  
decent links.