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jakobnev · 03-24-2011, 01:09 PM

Interesting, would you consider testing a setup with the VG's slightly further forward and a spoiler(bigger than stock) at the bottom of the hatch?

The idea is to keep the flow attached to the bottom and there recapture the kinetic energy of the vertical component of the airflow.

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