The Allard J2X

One of my favorite race cars of all time is the Allard J2X. While it was never successful in any of it's races, it was years beyond the competition in terms of aerodynamic design. Despite the fact that the J2X was capable of far superior levels of downforce compared to rival offerings at Porsche, Peugeot, and Jaguar, a massively underpowered engine would ultimately hamper overall performance. Developed in the early 1990s for the Group C World Sports Car championship, the J2X never saw much racing action. After the Group C Championship dissolved in 1993, the Allard was retired from professional racing forever.

You can read more about the Allard J2X here at Mulsanne's Corner.

I've wanted to model and examine the flow around the Allard for a few years now. I've finally managed to create a model that bears a slight resemblance in both shape and overall dimensions. Of note, I'll be using the latest version of CFdesign for my simulation. This is of particular interest due to the many very small edges in my Allard CAD model. The latest meshing technology in version 10 of CFdesign should make the simulation setup a piece of cake...