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Old 01-10-2012, 03:17 AM   #11 (permalink)
SvdM
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Those graphics look good but I think most people come here wanting to save gas, and the drag reduction % doesn't mean a whole lot to them. If you can give an estimate of a % increase in MPG it will have more impact.
I agree. Perhaps someone can share some light on figures one might come to expect from certain % increases in drag reduction.

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I'd be down for doing a line drawing exploded view of all the common aeromods on a car and common materials to use for them. Then you could trace over it in Illustrator to make your vector. It probably isn't necessary to go into the history of aerodynamics.
I was thinking of this the first time around I wanted to do something. It'll be a nice 'summary' of everything. I do like the deeper knowledge too... it back's up the summary, so I'd like to keep going with them.

You are welcome to send a sketch, I'll try my best at tracing it and then offering it here.

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