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Old 05-15-2010, 02:49 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Optimum nose shape

I may facelift my Porsche 944 Turbo, which to my eye has less than optimum aesthetics and aerodynamics.

Suppose we start with a clean sheet of paper and re-do the nose forward of the hood. This would mean a new single-piece bumper cover, fixed and covered headlights instead of pop-up headlights, and perhaps a splitter or spoiler.

Question: Can anybody here post pics or graphic from tested designs of optimum car nose shapes?

In other words, just are diffusers at the rear have been studied, surely nose shapes, radiuses, contours, cooling inlet and light placements, etc.must have been optimized, so any suggestions or insights would be much appreciated.

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