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Originally Posted by freebeard
...diameter is 2x the radius...
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Yeah, I think I've read that somewhere before.
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Originally Posted by freebeard
...With this body the stagnation point is at the front edge of the hood. Everything below that is going under the body. I'd make it straight and push it out to the hood-line...
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Interesting. Very interesting. I know my stagnation point is different due to the difference in body shapes and because my van has an open grille in the front with a large engine-driven fan creating a low pressure area behind it, which the vanagon does not. IF I went with a straight dam, what should I do with its ends, the edges nearest the tires?
I'm curious why some vans shown above do and some do not have airdams or at least they have different varieties. Anybody know?
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Originally Posted by freebeard
...The other problem is the square corner; look at the later models. The air dam, by my estimation, is only 1/7th the height of the front fender. That's why I'd suggest adding a 1/4-round outside the headlight...
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What's a 1/4 round? I get that it's a 90* radius (one-fourth of a circle) but as related to a car body, I'm at a loss. How big are we talking? Some proportion of the body's size?
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...Lot's of room on the pop-up for solar panels.
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Not as much as I'd like lol. I think about 400w is all I'll be able to fit.
Picked up my edging today. 60ft of Pro-grade Royal Diamond for $20 off Craigslist. A guy here in town just bought too much and the box had been rained on so the store wouldn't take it back. It's
$47 on Amazon,
$35 at Home Depot.