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Old 06-05-2008, 03:21 PM   #5 (permalink)
Xringer
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It does look better than the old Gen1 CRV model, but it looks like it still has that little
down-wash intake slot across it.. The TE looks so wide, I get the feeling that it's a down-pointing defector fence. (aka draggy fence).

If I could make something like that, but solid from the hinge seam on back.. No under-flow.
Make it rounder in the back, extended a little more in the middle.
And very thin on the trailing edge. Thin as one sheet of coroplas

Would something like that move the separation point back a ways?
Since it seems logical that moving it back would result in a little less drag..

Or, maybe slope it downwards a little, like the beginning of a truncated boat-tail.?.
I see a lot of SUVs around these days with that sloped down look on the rear 'visor'..

I remember seeing a lot of 50s cars with a visor that look kinda like that spoiler,
only they were on the front windshield..
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