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Old 10-22-2016, 08:25 PM   #50 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
If you cut a hole in the bumper,the air could actually flow forwards from the higher pressure wake,through the hole,to the lower pressured,more 'kinetic' turbulent air in front of the bumper.
This is what I suspect. I've actually just ordered a Magnehelic pressure gauge from Amazon.
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