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Old 05-12-2011, 02:42 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Bill in Houston View Post
I'm struggling with this myself on the CR-V. The nose is very tapered, and there isn't the same kind of obvious place for an airdam like there is on most vehicles. The farthest-forward reasonable mounting point is just barely ahead of the front edge of the front tires.
There are times when a smooth bellypan is a better solution than an airdam. That is the direction I went with the Golf. The factory bumper scrapes often enough as it is.
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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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