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Old 12-03-2008, 02:08 PM   #20 (permalink)
dichotomous
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CivySi - '03 honda civic SI
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Originally Posted by basslover911 View Post
You have to place them a tid bit closer on the mirror...

Also take off the ones at the back, thats right VG's are used to stick airflow to things but if the car "ends" then they just cause turbulance...

Also, but some behind the front and rear wheel wells... thats ALWAYS an area of great turbulance unless the fenders are vented- which yours are not and 99% of cars are not...
I'll think of venting the fenders to the rear bumper once I build an undertray, thats a good idea there, thanks.

yeah I know about the mirrors, didnt want to do a ton of them though, so I'm likely to do tape on that area, it would work better for that anyways

I put the rears there to try to keep air attached the rear 1/4's, they taper a bit, maybe not enough to allow seperation though, it was an afterthught. the rear ones on the wing supports are there to try to break the larger vortex that the wing support would make.

my next step is to get some aluminum tape and cut it into zigzag and scalloped bands (kids craft scissors, YAY) and build up a few layers (each one smaller, pyramid style) of this tape about midway on the wing supports, flip the wing and have it come down further, with a few layers of the tape there as well to keep the flow attached beyond 22.5*.
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