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Old 05-11-2011, 02:03 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
Drive around to places you normally go,which require you to nose up over a raised curb/sidewalk in order to park.Measure your free space vertical clearance up to the existing airdam.
This will give you an idea if you're fixin' to shear off the lower dam or not.
It really sucks when that happens!
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Cool idea if you can do it cheaply. It is amazing what those things catch on. I have cracked or broken several airdams over the years. Since you are starting with a high clearance vehicle, maybe you'll be OK.
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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.
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