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    • mossmonaco
      Vitesse at Spa

      By mossmonaco · Posted

      If we can come up with a supersonic vitesse whilst retaining the 25 foot turning circle I think we may be onto a winner, though I fear the standard fuel tank may offer inadequate range.  
    • Escadrille Ecosse
      Vitesse at Spa

      By Escadrille Ecosse · Posted

      Don't know John. I suspect a combination of reasons mostly practical. As would be the case with fitting them extensively on a Vitesse. 
    • JohnD
      Vitesse at Spa

      By JohnD · Posted

      Boundary layer splitters!   But why does a lorry have them on maybe only 10% of it's front edge?
    • Escadrille Ecosse
      Vitesse at Spa

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    • BiTurbo228
      Vitesse at Spa

      By BiTurbo228 · Posted

      Those lorry vent things look smart. Technically I suppose you could do them on all of you sharp corners. Both sides and the top of your bonnet. Trailing edges of the roof and boot. C pillars. Fair amount of work, but potentially useful!
    • JohnD
      Vitesse at Spa

      By JohnD · Posted

      Gosh, EE, apologies!   I should have put it 'I don't understand'. John
    • Nick Jones
      Vitesse at Spa

      By Nick Jones · Posted

      If by "supersonic" you mean REALLY noisy... I can confirm mine is from about 75mph upwards....  (By 100 mph it's REALLY REALLY noisy)
    • Escadrille Ecosse
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      Like i said. It's the French. 
    • Escadrille Ecosse
      Vitesse at Spa

      By Escadrille Ecosse · Posted

      You've just said you don't know and then the slander my suggestion. Go on, prove I'm wrong!  No and you're welcome to that one. However... without such a model I would suggest that without changing the silhouette of the Vitesse completely your best approach would be to try and modify the airflow round all the corners to minimise turbulence on that slab like front end. That would mean fitting boundary layer splitters on the verticals at the bonnet and windscreen pillars. Basically like those 'wings' you sometimes see on the front corners of lorries. Get the air moving smothly round these and it will tend to straighten out and draw off the turbulent air trapped across the front and round to the side of the car. And following on from the Vitesse estate rear radiators if you can duct as much hot air from the front of the car into that dead air space behind it that will also reduce drag. At higher speed/hotter temps you may even get a little extra push. It's what F1 does these days. If you could get the Vitesse supersonic you would even be able to use inlet pressure recovery to provide thrust. Concorde got something like 60% of it's thrust at Mach 2 due to the pressure recovery in the inlet duct to the engines where the air velocity was reduced to the subsonic speed necessary for a jet engine.
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