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Old 09-25-2008, 03:27 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
You mean the roof slope? That would be good. Extending the roof line as you've done will give you a small benefit, but you really want to continue tapering downwards.
Yes, I can still adjust the downward slope of the roof of the kammback.
I want to shoot for a 15° angle as measured against the ground, or a 15° increase in pitch from the roofline?

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Without even doing the "ideal teardrop" photochop, I'd say you could confidently increase the taper to around 10 degrees more than the roof angle just ahead the attachment point.
I'm going to grab a protractor and measure a 15° pitch from the roofline and then a 15° pitch from the ground and see what one works better.

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The good news is you don't need the photochop: you could put tufts on the plexi and play with angles to ensure you've still got attached flow... immediately verified in your rear view mirror!
True, although driving and concentrating on the tufts might be interesting, lol.

I am having issues with my MAP sensor over the last week though and testing may have to hold off until I get the car to stop randomly throwing the MAP sensor code.
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