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Old 06-04-2013, 08:30 PM   #187 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
And I can't find any examples of super-high efficiency, low Cd vehicles with ricer-scale, befinned diffusers on them!
Yet...

My point would be that boattails have ricer-scale plates (w/ plan taper) without the fences, so why not add them? It looks like the fences fan out to pull air out into the wake of the rear tires.

...oh, and
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a conservative old fuddy duddy
'splain the boattail.

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