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Old 04-13-2009, 01:15 PM   #28 (permalink)
Shawn D.
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Alpharetta, GA
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The White Car - '84 Mercedes-Benz 300td
90 day: 28.84 mpg (US)

The Blue Car - '86 BMW 535i
Last 3: 23.86 mpg (US)
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First off, you can't "scale" the grille from drawings or pics to suit your car. Even if the principle worked (which I don't believe), the Reynolds number would be wrong and you haven't accounted for the rest of the shape of the nose.

I'm with cmroseberry -- I don't believe the theory that the flow splits differently based on speed. There's nothing in aerodynamic theory or practice that would support this. Yes, I am an aerospace engineer.
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