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Old 03-16-2011, 11:55 AM   #27 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
For the sake of argument let's just say they work. The factory boys with supercomputers and windtunnels and teams of experts and a big budget were able to lower Cd by .006... and that's on specific, limited applications. Would they not utilize their hard-earned knowledge and put VG on all their models if it was worth it?

.006.

Doesn't that right there tell you how much this is worth obsessing over?
I think you are assuming drag reduction was the goal. It may not have been; I suspect the VGs were designed to increase downforce, and perhaps just to look cool....
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