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Old 05-26-2014, 09:51 AM   #110 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by California98Civic View Post
To my knowledge no one has shown where the balance point if for an airdam--the point at which the aero benefit gets outweighed by the aero penalties. There are informed opinions. And everybody recognizes there is a point at which you begin making more problems for overall drag. But whether 3" or 5" is that pivot point or not... I don't think anyone here has precise enough data. You'll have to judge what seems to be reasonable and workable.
Ace has 4" and 8"-inch lawn edging. I believe that mine is six. It would be simple enough to try different pieces, although that would be putting many holes in your bumper. However, they keep the roles together with loops of plastic going through holes in the edging. I did not like that.
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