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Old 01-28-2011, 06:46 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by botsapper View Post
...nice and simple fab solution (trim w/ 'flower' edging). If you got extra alu, make rear wheel well covers (made removeable w/ Rivscrew speed fasteners). Now, if you got plenty, form yourself a cool (w/ lexan rear window panel) fastback !!!
Not sold on the wheel covers... our 4 tire change was under a minute last time we practiced, it would be tough to convince me the aero gained would make up for the time it took to peel off the covers and re-install them.

I've been eyeballing the back of the car, and I wonder what gains there would be going to a fastback. I thought I read somewhere that if you end up with an angle between 15 and 30 degrees it was worse for drag then cutting a steeper angle and letting the air seperate.

On account of safety concerns from one of our team members the roof is staying on and we'll put lexan in where the glass we need to remove was.
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