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Old 08-01-2025, 11:37 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by Midtenn View Post
Hopefully it's just for pictures. Some wind tunnel videos have shown that (some) louvers work best if the leading slat acts like a gurney and each one following slowly reduces in angle.
I think the idea is that the leading louver creates a little negative pressure right above the vent, from the air coming from over the bumper. That helps "suck" the air from out of the engine bay, but more than that and you're going to just create a mess of dirty air. But I dont intuitively see how how all of them being at that angle is good for anything, but that's just the imagination of of some guy on the internet.
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