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Originally Posted by aerohead
California98Civic,with respect to the plan-taper of your car,I would establish the rate of curvature from your elevational view 'Template',using the height of the car,then transpose that curvature onto the plan-view of the Civic.
It looks like the body taper begins around where the center of the rear tires are.Try to dovetail onto that spot.
If you use too 'fast' a curvature on the sides,you'll lose your boundary layer and trash the airflow.
Also,you might set up attached longitudinal vortexes ( really high drag ) as the slow side flow intersects with the faster downwash coming off the roof.
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I think Aeroheads tryin to say this.
