Thread: CivicTail project: ginormous aerodynamic tail on '07 Civic sedan
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Old 03-18-2015, 11:01 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Xist View Post
All of the weight cancels the aero benefits? Forty-three pounds? Four percent of the weight of the car?
Um, you're saying the car weighs 1075 pounds?

It weighs ~2,700 pounds, so 43 pounds is 1.6%.
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