Civic hatch biketail?!?

[briogio]

Knowing aerodynamics a bit and having seen so much success with boat tails, I noticed that when I put my bike rack on my Civic hatch it might make a good frame for a boat tail, has anyone else out there used a bike rack as the base for a boat tail? After I get a baseline on my newly VX engined '95 Civic hatch, I'm going to try it, and of course I'll share.

[NachtRitter]

Looking forward to it! Exactly the same thing I was thinking about for my VX.

[skyl4rk]

I have a trailer hitch on order, and plan a boattail project soon.

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by briogio

Knowing aerodynamics a bit and having seen so much success with boat tails, I noticed that when I put my bike rack on my Civic hatch it might make a good frame for a boat tail, has anyone else out there used a bike rack as the base for a boat tail? After I get a baseline on my newly VX engined '95 Civic hatch, I'm going to try it, and of course I'll share.

I've been advocating the use of bike racks as a boat tail base for at least 5-years now.

[briogio]

Originally Posted by aerohead

I've been advocating the use of bike racks as a boat tail base for at least 5-years now.

Yeah it seemed obvious when I looked at it, but you know what they say God is in the details!

[Sulfuric]

Make sure your boat tail doesn't block your lights or plate.

[briogio]

Originally Posted by Sulfuric

Make sure your boat tail doesn't block your lights or plate.

The top section will all be clear lexan, the bottom probably coroplast, I'll probably do some upside down "U" shapes on the bottom in honour of F1 diffusers, plus it'll look cool, and it's gotta look cool!