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Old 09-03-2011, 05:02 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
If the max camber point on the M-B was 'forward' of that for the VW,it would have undergone a bit more pressure recovery and it's base pressure would reflect in the lower Cd.Just thinking out loud.
Thanks Phil !

I can't detect a difference except that the MB has a longer roofline which extends out farther at the back.

The MB also has a slightly flatter windshield than the VW, so the VW actually seems to match the template even more closely towards the front of the car.

I don't trust my sloppy overlay though. I think some of what i am seeing is the smoke stream.

The point of all of this being to show just how closely that cars match the MB , yet the VW is a full 7 counts higher.
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