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Old 02-23-2012, 01:57 PM   #48 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
Here is something you can use.
In the pic I placed a paint can on the tail light plastic to the trunk seal.
The paint can lifted the back glass about 7''.
Somebody throw a template on that. The back edge of the spoiler looks a little high to my eye. I would do some careful mpg testing of the mockup to make sure you don't end up with something worse than stock, before doing permanent bodywork.
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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.
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