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03-18-2012, 02:58 AM | #1 |
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Why can't the BRZ GT300 or factory BRZ wheels have flush fitment?
Prius GT300 Yet VWs like the Golf R have wheels that come more flush from the factory. And LFA fitment is not bad. What are the reasons for this?
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03-18-2012, 03:03 AM | #2 |
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its probably a result of digging through the parts bin. with the gt, i just assume they didnt care too much as being flush isnt any faster
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I would think it's a critical area of the car to engineer. Logic tells me it might have to do with brake cooling and ventilation. Front brakes typically experience greater load than the rears and the wheels on the Prius look more sunken in up front (unless the angle is throwing me off). But I'd like to hear what someone knowledgeable in the area has to say.
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Becos tyres have drag and on a race car function > form
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All cars are like this.......
Most if not all German cars are more flush with the fenders while every other make is not. Ive come to expect it being some kind of German thing with their cars. |
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^Actually, I can see drag being caused by the tire on the VW in the area I circled below but that's due to the body curving inward.
But I agree there would be less air turbulence if wheels were more flush or, in this case, if the body were more flush with the wheels.
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So kinda like a fender extension that goes into the wheel well...but mainly used on cars with a huge gap like trucks.
I think the tires spinning doesn't have that great of an effect, usually boundary layer thickness is cited as 1 inch or something. Not much air makes it to the top of the tire anyways. I believe most of the drag is caused by the very bottom of the tire, where air is getting "squished" out to the sides against the ground by the tire. Not sure why this is an exceptionally large source of drag but it seems to be. This is what wheel spoilers you see on all cars are for, directing the air away from the bottom front area of the tire saves more drag than it costs, and reduces lift more than it causes by damming up air before it against the underbody. The sides of the tire doesn't cause much drag as they're smooth, the rims cause a bit of drag though which is why the Insight for example has smooth rim surfaces and the rear wheel covered. switchlanez you're right about the body curving in, it exposes the edge of the tire to the airflow. I don't know how close the wheels should be when the slight pumping action of the spinning wheel and the effects of the rims are taken into account, but the LFA is probably a good reference as they paid quite a bit of attention to this sort of stuff. |
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being flush is not all fun n games ... it looks nice ...
but I went from Sorta-flush to NOT .. because it was hurting my car ... I have fenders rolled with ET37 BBS VZ... and I rub-a-dub. With the BRZ ... I rather stay stock ... suspension travel is a great thing... for example I did not realize how much better my current vehicle handled a corner untill I raised the coils up an inch or two from my Sortaflush stance.
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I don't think this car will have as many fitment issues.
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