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Old 01-09-2014, 12:08 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by beluga View Post
To create the "whale" type roofline by adding a roundish roof on top of flat cars, like mine is, might improve airflow dynamics.
I've seen proposals like that before in the forum.

The comments in general were opposed to such a solution with long bodies such a semi-truck trailers. A little more split on the short body cars (econoboxes) but still the majority against.

Your project lays in between, but I bet there are people lined up to talk you out of it.

I'd go with a roof spoiler/wing angled down 10-degrees, most likely slotted and beveled at the leading edge similar to my roof wing in my signature.
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