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Old 06-22-2008, 09:54 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by malibuguy View Post
HotRod magazine did a thing on aerodynamics at a windtunnel location, & the 'expert' that runs the windtunnel says a dirty car has the same drag as a clean car, it makes no difference

it doesn't say it here, this is the article, but the online articles tend to leave out stuff thats in the magazine

http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/b...ips/index.html
That's the source that I was going to use.

Also, windshield angle steeper than 45 degrees is just for 'looks' It does nothing to improve the cars drag - ( that one really took me by surprise! )
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