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Old 05-28-2013, 12:11 AM   #98 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Originally Posted by christofoo View Post
When I tuft test, I'm expecting to see the roof-to-rear-windshield radius pull the airflow down, a little turbulence at the base of the windshield followed by a lot of horizontal air-flow along the trunk line to the lid transition, where it will fall apart at the sudden ~19° drop.
Agree with this prediction and Palemelanesian's affirmative. Here is my pic of tufts pasted to the body of my civic on a damp morning after a ride reaching sustained 45-50 mph speeds: http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-ca...sting-tail.jpg

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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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