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Old 06-09-2013, 12:17 PM   #199 (permalink)
California98Civic
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I think that is it! Will someone please explain it to me?
Maybe. Let's see: Cx is another way of noting Cd. The "Y" axis, therefore, is measuring change in Cd (Cx) +/- and the "X" axis is charting different angles for the different body shapes' diffusers. Body shape A and B are shown to have their best diffuser angels at 3 or 4 degrees and the wagon ("C") seems just to suffer.
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