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Old 09-22-2011, 01:50 PM   #4 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Originally Posted by brucepick View Post
I've hatched a plan to try to remedy it on my Civic. This design is based on earlier discussions in this thread:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...les-17796.html
We have had PM exchanges on this, but I just want to note that I'm really interested in wider response to this idea and your results. Eventually, I want to build a Kammback, and this mounting may be my prototype.

Though I don't plan to use the kind of plane you plan, I like very much your effort to resolve visibility with a panel that disappears into the line of sight from the inside rear-view mirror. Very clever. I experienced that with one of my abortive "raised trunklid" designs, and I can see it working-out really well. As long as the aero benefit is real and significant... that's the debate, eh? Build it. Test it. Good luck... I'm following too.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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