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Old 08-23-2009, 05:07 AM   #11 (permalink)
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aerohead -

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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
rrhatbruce,nice work! She's a beaut.With respect to "angles" you might want to check out the "aerodynamic streamlining template".You can see it being used at MetroMPG's "permanent Kammback for the Metro" thread.------- It's really more about degree of curvature which will sustain the final exit angles.Your Tacoma's bed is so short,it may not be able to support such a "steep" angle at the back as 16-degrees,and you may have separated flow,which will frustrate your mpg improvement.
I was thinking the same thing. I rotated the picture of the Tacoma to make the bed horizontal and I *think* I see two angles :



The red "12 degrees" line I show above is based on bondo's F-150 shell :

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...d-cap-583.html


rrhatbruce -

I rotated a picture of the Tacoma that was not a perfect side view, so my visual analysis may be way off. As others have said, the workmanship is beyond reproach. During your design phase, did you contemplate a "12 degree solution" with a CRX-style vertical rear window?

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