Race Car Science! CFD Aero Analysis on Our LS-Swapped 350Z

What is a virtual wind tunnel and How did we use one to help make our Nissan 350Z project car faster? Rob Lindsey, owner of Morlind Engineering shows us what it can do and why its more efficient than a traditional wind tunnel.
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CRC Industries:
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[@atrainskate]

From professional experience building and running CFD models, those starting prices are a serious steal for the hobbyist or grassroots team! 👍🏽👍🏽

[@MrBlackbutang]

Absolutely awesome

[@garrykellogg3215]

I am trying to understand where I need to remove material to get the desired air-flow for 'Hood Ducting'. My struggle is where the best place to put the openings thru the hood. Before the Radiator, or behind it (in the Engine compartment). a CFD analysis of that would help me understand the best solution to my problem.

[@howardhutchinson]

Great info. So can we ascertain that a similar shape car will react similarly to the suggested aero bits?

[@alexhu765]

If money was no object, I would totally jump on this. But where I'm at now, the price is more than my car is worth, lol 😆

[@LT72884]

Ondsel engineering suite is a free solid modelr and has openfoam gui built in. I have a few videos on how to do free cfd at home. I have a 12 core i5 and 32 gb of ram and i get decent results

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

That's more than my BMW E30 LOL

[@MrBlackbutang]

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