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Old 03-12-2012, 04:51 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Right. A spring loaded airdam could change angle as speed increases. Match the spring rate to the airdam area.
What I found is that you can match a spring to an MPH, but a spring that fully deploys at 35 MPH will be "overcome" by the air at 55 MPH. The solution is a spring+chain. The spring deploys fully at X MPH and the chain keeps it from stretching beyond it's ideal position :



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