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Old 06-05-2015, 04:22 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Will it help? Possibly. Yes, it will have more frontal area, but if the drag coefficient is better, total drag may be lower. (I'm reminded of an Automobile Magazine article comparing the current S-class to the Volkswagen Golf--the Mercedes has lower total drag even though it's a much larger car).

Will it help measurably? Probably not.
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