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Old 05-31-2022, 04:03 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by EcoVan View Post
I basically was trying to get the dam to shield all the low hanging components and the tires, but no lower.
This is a "rule of thumb" that appears to have sprung up ex nihilo here, since it has no basis in any literature that I've seen (and I've read a lot of references).

The good news is, you can easily test to see if an air dam is reducing drag, and what height might be optimum.
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