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Old 10-03-2009, 12:26 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Carlos - Downforce. They use them in NHRA/IHRA as well.

I don't remember the whole reason they work, but I think I remember something about Bernoulli in there, or maybe I was day dreaming during that lecture. Either way, they're there to produce downforce.

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The rear of the car seems almost perfect for aero from the rear windshield down, visually... it's not , but it seems that it is... if only they hadn't curved the deck lid like they did.
Ok, I'm gonna keep that in mind from now on. On the small chance that a "restrained' version of the spoiler might be helpful, I made a 10 degree ideal angle assumption in this picture :



But I also agree that the Cobalt already has a nice rear-window slope. Very Nissan 240SX-ish :



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