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Old 05-20-2016, 09:24 AM   #9 (permalink)
aardvarcus
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Wow. Just wow. I wonder if it is possible to build something like that and have it work appropriately without a wind tunnel? It almost reminds me of very wide NACA inlets. You have gotten the hampsters in my head spinning their wheels for all they are worth.

As you suggested, replace the back window with a curved in version and add an inlet in the roof. I wonder would this idea work with a boat tail? Such as boat tail the back with a folding tail normally as discussed above, and have the air inlet feed the wake from inside the boat tail once folded out? Throw a finned aluminum rear-heatsink style radiator into the mix for good measure (existing rear heater lines)…
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