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Originally Posted by Xist
Curious. I have seen that chart, but we always say the biggest gains are in the back, while 7% just to round the nose seems far better value than 10% for a huge boat tail.
What about a Cviic, though?  |
*The 1975 VW Rabbit/Golf nose was good for almost 7% mpg.So there won't be any current production cars which could see this much benefit,as they've all been optimized already.Excepting the JEEP and HUMMER.
*As to tails,we don't have a large sampling of wind tunnel-tested designs.Without the data,it's hard to predict performance.
*The CIVIC has a nose which Hucho might suggest that mods would only pay diminishing returns.You might compare it to White's recipe noses to get a sense of what you might expect.A 'bulbous' nose has been deemed the ideal form for velocities up to 250-mph.The Schl'o'r pillbug car has such a nose.
This 2006 Fortis-Saxonia uses it
