True. But predicting where the lows and highs are, and how the flow gets from one to the other, turns out to be completely non-intuative and often works completely backwards from what is expected. More than one engineer has discovered his outflow vent working as an intake.If you create a differential it will try and equalize itself.
Not to mention the fun that comes from turbulant flow and vortex generators. Something that looks trivial - like maybe a windshield washer nozzle - might be in fact generating a vortex or upsetting flow farther down the car.
You can make general predictions with a reasonable degree of accuracy, but specific predictions about a specific part on a specific car require testing for validation.
Do I need to say that anyone attempting to drive 200 MPH on a public road is an idiot? Can we take that as a given?
DG




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