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Originally Posted by scottoriou
Hello everyone, I want to boat tail my saturn. I would like to just build it off of my trunk instead of from the roofline. Would I be wasting my time to build a boat tail of that nature?
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scottoriou,there are many instances documented that show a drag decrease from just about anything which filled in some of the turbulent wake.
For lack of an official term I call it stuffing the wake.
If you begin the boat tail where you want to, you'll lose some potential energy due to the overhead turbulence but I do believe you'll see re-attachment and drag reduction,depending on length.Kinda like the difference between an Audi TT and a New Beetle.The Audi is still an aerodynamic compromise but its far and away superior to the VW.
GM did what your doing with the Impact/EV-1 and set a land speed record.It would have also extended the battery range.