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Old 12-04-2011, 06:30 PM   #26 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Originally Posted by ChazInMT View Post


Here is a screen shot of my Civic, no mods. I used the settings 120 and 44 because it makes the flow look how I think it should for my car. Notice the flow becomes detached at the top of my rear window, and then skips off the back of my trunk lid.

This is what I am 95% sure is what is happening, so these settings approximate what air really does. I recommend you use these settings when you want to have an idea of how your vehicle will behave as well.
Take a look at this image, from my EM album, of tufts on the back of my Civic:



I think it roughly confirms your claims here. Notice the air seems to recirculate near the bottom of the window, seems detached, and then seems re-attached at the end of the trunk lid. I am sooo psyched about this program for my car and my students in January. Your timing is awesome.
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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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