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Old 12-09-2019, 12:13 PM   #7 (permalink)
ennored
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
Inappropriate use of The Template. You're dealing with a box not a teardrop.

Don't add frontal area. Seal the bed/cab gap as best you can.
Exactly. Just get the leading edges rounded off. It's a lot like a box truck, square leading edges on the box are BAD.

Truck below (as been posted here before, but photobucket ate the images) is from a report you can read: Fairing Well. It's on page 29. Rounded leading edges reduced the drag by 30%.
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