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Originally Posted by Mr_Eyo
If that's true, that's good enough for me. Any links to the assessments to back it up?
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The weight is a guesstimate from holding In hand. Could easily hold the far edge with just thumb/index and hold level/straight with no effort. Surprisingly light.
A lot of articles and formulas for calculating force required based on drag coefficient and frontal area. And you can find the cd reduction with some googling. JDM claims panels reduce cd by .01 , trans tunnel should be by another .0075 and wheel deflectors by .0025 or .02 total. Which is actually a lot of drag forces in lbs.
don’t have every link / article I read. But spent everyday researching and calculating things for a few weeks when I was on that “stage” of my build before purchasing, noticed a solid difference 60+mph especially 100+mph.
As speed doubles drag forces quadruple. 5lbs of drag at 20mph, is 20lbs at 40mph, 80lbs at 80mph, 320lbs at 160mph. Benefits add up a lot at higher speeds.