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Bottom Feed Air

Posted August 7 2009 05:00 AM by CarCraft 
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Aerodynamic Muscle Car Parts


There’s a brand-new product that is pretty interesting stuff if you’re into high-speed driving. The company’s name is Bottom Feed Air, and its first product is a redesigned early-Camaro front air dam that relocates the front spoiler to push air up into the radiator. From what we’ve learned talking with the engineers who designed this piece, the redirected air radically reduces front end lift on an early Camaro. This is a big deal because at speeds above roughly 100 mph, the air pressure underneath the car is much greater than the pressure above the hood. This is essentially the exact same situation as occurs on an airplane wing. The pressure above the wing is less than the pressure below the wind, and given a large enough surface area and sufficient pressure difference, this will create lift—just like an airplane. This is great for airplanes but deathly bad for cars. What is needed instead is downforce. The Bottom Feed Air package reduces underhood pressure, increases downforce, improves the car’s top-speed potential, as well as cooling-system efficiency. This is because the original cars were horrible at managing air at almost all speeds. That’s a big problem with early muscle cars; they just are not aerodynamically efficient at any speed. This is just one of several products that Bottom Feed Air is working on. We might be convinced to bolt this package on our ’67 Camaro and let you know what we find. Want to know more? Go to botttomfeedair.com—the yarn tuft video is cool!

 

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