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Originally Posted by ChazInMT
I know for a dead certain fact that putting the aero cap on my 2000 GMC made it hugely more stable at highway speeds. It did so by reducing lift and not allowing crosswinds to induce as great of a yaw force.
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Yes,this was a major side benefit of the GM aeroshell,which Texas Tech reported on in their SAE Paper of 1988.And the prime reason Spirit is essentially zero-lift,while relatively low drag.