Thread: An "aero" idea
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Old 10-01-2014, 11:44 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by spacemanspif View Post
I was looking at my new wagon just yesterday and thought how silly it looks riding higher in the rear. My plan is to level it and maybe drop the whole car an inch, nothing crazy, but most importantly just get the rear down level with the rest of the car. I agree that a car riding lower in the rear wouldn't make sense but I'd like to throw "level" into the mix as it seems most of today's cars ride higher in the rear.
I"m sure it sits higher to allow for carrying a load.

However, I also wonder when the vehicle is at highway speeds if the rear of the car is pushed down by the airflow over the top and the front up from the air that is jammed into the engine compartment lifting the front. In effect leveling the vehicle. You could have someone else drive your car while you drove along side in another vehicle and observe what happens before you go changing anything.


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