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Old 07-11-2013, 11:17 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by California98Civic View Post
........ we need to do more for the flow that approaches the back end if a smaller measure like this (instead of a long kamm or boat-tail) is going to work.
A roof wing could help, mine seems to work at redirecting the flow to the bed cover.

I think a larger and more consistent gap with a roof wing slope of 10-degrees down would help even more. However I have not yet tested these changes.
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