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Old 03-09-2010, 09:07 PM   #130 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls View Post
...The idea is to make the transom as small as possible. Thus, if my taillights allow it, my transom will be six inches tall, exactly as tall as a license plate. If you exhaust air above or below the plate, you're increasing the size of your wake. It's a small point, but worth considering....
Robert,

If you look here you will see what I was proposing:

http://ecomodder.com/forum/164296-post98.html

You might answer differently based on that.

Also, if your back plate is only six inches high, and just enough for the plate, where does your illumination light go?

Jim.
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