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Old 06-29-2016, 08:33 PM   #69 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
There's not a great deal of data on roof wings.
The late 60s AMC Javelin was tested.It's rooftop wing didn't do anything.
One of the Toyota Celica Supra's was tested.It's rooftop wing was useless as well.
Thanks for the info, didn't think about the Javelin - rare.

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Less than 200 AMC Javelin SST 390 Mark Donohue editions were produced, and this one is 1 of only 3 registered in the USA.
The Lancia Stratos wing is pretty tiny too.

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Just about every SUV make and model on US roads has a roof wing, roof spoiler or at least a lip, so I'm sure the data is out there. Just maybe cutting edge and proprietary so I'm not going to have access to it.

I'll just have to rely on my pants.

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http://www.nissanusa.com/crossovers/....nismo-rs.html



2011 Nissan Juke

http://www.topspeed.com/cars/nissan/...e-ar84837.html

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The rear of the roof incorporates an integral spoiler to reduce aerodynamic lift to help high speed stability. The neat duck-tail ridge was perfected with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and tests in the wind tunnel.
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