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Old 05-17-2008, 09:51 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Hi Donee -

The placement of the VG's was based on the PDF that trikkoncept linked. Have a look.

Flow typically separates at the trailing edge of the roof on 3-box vehicles, so that's where VG's would theoretically help most.

That said, also note that the Mistu engineers themselves managed only a 0.006 change in Cd in their application. So even if they were helping, I would have been surprised to see any significant change in the Corolla results.

Renault also used trailing roof edge VG's on their Michelin Challenge Bibendum Logan sedan: http://forum.ecomodder.com/showthrea...179.html?t=179

It's quite possible that the Corolla's rear glass angle is already close to optimal, so wouldn't benefit much anyway. Tuft testing will help figure that out.
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