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aerohead · 11-16-2009, 05:06 PM

Subaru published the entire aerodynamic development of the XT and presented the work at SAE.
I have the paper as part of a SAE book "Recent Developments in Aerodynamics"from the 1980s.
Everything on your car has been carefully massaged to minimize drag while maintaining the "styling" cues of the designers.
They began at Cd 0.088 and as the basic form became more and more like the XT,it's drag continued to grow.
The wind tunnel smoke trace over the car will reveal the flow separation at the backlight header as you might imagine.From here back would be a good place for you to put your time and energy.Everything ahead of there has been painstakingly optimized ( nose,grille,fenders,wheel arches,A-pillars,windows,mirrors,wheel flaps,wheel-covers,door handles,etc.)
I'll bring the Paper data for next time or you may be able to find it online.

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aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 16,268 Thanks: 24,393 Thanked 7,360 Times in 4,760 Posts	Sae Subaru published the entire aerodynamic development of the XT and presented the work at SAE. I have the paper as part of a SAE book "Recent Developments in Aerodynamics"from the 1980s. Everything on your car has been carefully massaged to minimize drag while maintaining the "styling" cues of the designers. They began at Cd 0.088 and as the basic form became more and more like the XT,it's drag continued to grow. The wind tunnel smoke trace over the car will reveal the flow separation at the backlight header as you might imagine.From here back would be a good place for you to put your time and energy.Everything ahead of there has been painstakingly optimized ( nose,grille,fenders,wheel arches,A-pillars,windows,mirrors,wheel flaps,wheel-covers,door handles,etc.) I'll bring the Paper data for next time or you may be able to find it online.