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Old 08-29-2011, 04:13 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by kach22i View Post
Thanks, I thought that was the closest.

Always line up with the "high point" of roof?

The first mark with the zero degrees, that is the center of the roof, or does it have to cut through the driver's head?

If your whole roof conforms to the template, then where is the center? Doesn't it shift back a couple of feet on my example?

It doesn't really matter because the template has no relevance to the aerodynamics of the vehicle, because a car isn't shaped like a half teardrop that touches the ground. The very fact that you're trying to figure out where to place it is proof.

The air doesn't care about templates, it cares about whether it can stay attached to your body lines and how big a hole you end up punching in the atmosphere once flow departs the rear end.
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