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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Assuming the stock configuration has attached flow, I don't think there's any benefit of doing that, unless your goal is to mess around with the stagnation point.
EG: from Phil's "book illustrations" album:
The "optimum" nose has the lowest stagnation point - ie. less of the total flow will go under the car vs. above/around it. |
The nosepiece extension on my car is shaped like the -14% curve. It was done to lower the stagnation point at the front of my car and to blend the shape of the nose in with the curve of the false windshield I was working with at the time. A fringe benefit of the reshaped nose has been the absence of smashed bugs on the nose of the car, the stock flat bumper used to collect a bunch during the summer months. A second fringe benefit is the "deer scoop".