What about making the back end into a large Kamm Tail? http://homepage.mac.com/christopher.z/hobby/80-AMXitems/Information/production/KammbackStory.html -------------- Original message -------------- From: John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM> > On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 6:56 AM, Chris S wrote: > > So you're saying reducing under-body air flow will not help a wheezing 82 hp > > engine pushing a barn door through the atmosphere at 65mph? > > I reckon it'd help, but as Jim Akiba points out, the compression of > the air flow over the top, down the sides, and under the bottom are > rather small potatoes compared to the turbulence-induced vacuum caused > by all that air trying desperately to re-fill 3/4 of a cubic meter of > space across a 1.5x1.5 meter plane every 1/100th second. That > near-flat back end is a killer. > > -- > John Bange > '90 Vanagon - "Lastwagen" > '90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel" |
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