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Old 01-29-2012, 10:21 AM   #11 (permalink)
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I can't recall it right now and it will take some searching...maybe someone else has it at their finger tips. But, there is an illustration out there that shows the rear transition area and relates it to the radius of this area. It basically showed that the greater the radius of the "Top of the back glass" area, the more aerodynamic it was. Since my Civic has a large radius, I figured that was giving me the best aero performance short of a full Kamm type thing.

So, I think the question of whether a partial Kamm will help or hurt depends on the initial design of the car. Civic..Not so much, 96 Tempo....prolly will help.

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Old 01-30-2012, 06:50 PM   #12 (permalink)
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I seem to recall the Kammback on a sedan style car wasn't a guaranteed success, or was it ?
I think Hucho,Jannsen,Emelmann,Buchheim,and a bunch of others were involved with streamlining on the Golf/Rabbit/Jetta/Polo,Quantum,etc..In their drag tables you see that the lowest Cd is achieved when the squareback roofline is relaxed down to the subtle curvature of the K-form.
It's always lower than a notchback.If a notchback is converted to a K-form roof,it can achieve the lower drag.
If even lower drag is desired,just extend the rear further rearward,bringing in the sides as well as Hucho personally oversaw with Jetta.
From there it's just plug and play for lower Cd.
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Fantastic work! I'm gonna make a laminated copy and leave it in my car to show people. You'll get full credit, of course.

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That is awesome !

It would be cool if that image would be interactive; as in redirecting to an actual real-life example by clicking on any "green-highlighted" zone. I vote for making it a sticky as some people are way more visual.
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Thanks everyone for the comments. I have to admit I traced the Civic to save time, though. Perhaps later on I can make the necessary improvements and mayyyybe even do some sort of interactive document. That would be difficult for me though so if someone is fluent in dreamweaver i might need to ask you a favor

I'm thinking a stop motion GIF would be cool. I could walk around the stock car, stop on a part and photoshop the mod in, then explain it and move on to the next one. Not sure if this would be too large of a file though.
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I can't recall it right now and it will take some searching...maybe someone else has it at their finger tips. But, there is an illustration out there that shows the rear transition area and relates it to the radius of this area. It basically showed that the greater the radius of the "Top of the back glass" area, the more aerodynamic it was. Since my Civic has a large radius, I figured that was giving me the best aero performance short of a full Kamm type thing.

So, I think the question of whether a partial Kamm will help or hurt depends on the initial design of the car. Civic..Not so much, 96 Tempo....prolly will help.
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I'm thinking a stop motion GIF would be cool. I could walk around the stock car, stop on a part and photoshop the mod in, then explain it and move on to the next one. Not sure if this would be too large of a file though.
Great idea Tyler! It is a nice visual aid. Thanks for posting this. If you have acces to a video camera perhaps a YouTube link would be a quick way to put this together.
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