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Old 12-28-2012, 02:16 AM   #25 (permalink)
serialk11r
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Originally Posted by botsapper View Post
How about strapping/stretching on another fabric top. Keep the flying buttress profile, covered or uncovered rear w/ a clear PVC panel. There are MR2 rear lip spoilers that where the fabric could 'bed-corner' on. Just doodling out loud.

http://i.imgur.com/1W3rX.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Azq6c.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/UM5PS.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/cDb0g.jpg
Hmmm...I thought of this but dismissed it because I thought it would involve attaching cloth to the softtop permanently, but I suppose I could stretch the cloth over the entire top :O Thanks for the photoshopped images haha. You got me curious, I need to think about this some more and examine the top to see if this would be possible. It might even get quieter in the cabin just from the extra layer of fabric!

I think the end of the engine bay cover might be a good place to secure the fabric, as that would allow the engine cover to open as usual.

I got a video of the rear today, and I think I won't post it because it's not really interesting. The tufts at the edges of the recessed area on the engine cover were flapping around, the tufts along the rear edge of the car were just "straight" (since they fall below the template line, I imagine this is the area where the air is not recirculating, but is moving slightly slower than the free stream). Good food for thought for spoiler design...

Last edited by serialk11r; 12-28-2012 at 02:27 AM..
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