Well Its getting close to my birthday and as usual my wonderful G/f is hounding me about gift ideas. Last week-end I washed and waxed the Stang and just my luck on the way back from a trip a few hours later I got one of those nice summer storms out of nowhere that just drenches everything in sight.... including my fresh wax job.
Normally I'd be pretty steamed about the thing but I was too busy observing that the beading motion of the water at 70+ MPH was uniform across the hood and roof but ended abruptly on the rear window and trunk section. Now what's that telling me is that I have a nice big turbulent vacuum being created at the edge of the roof following the trunk line creating a significant amount of drag causing the engine to work faster and more fuel to be burnt. Would a set of Agent 47's vortex generators help fix this problem and make the car a bit more slippery through the wind? Especially if I combine a nice functional chin spoiler later on? The price is right for a gift at about 79 bucks should I go for it or find other things to work on?
I'm drawing inspiration from rallying here where sedans are usually equipped with these to counter the blocky profile of STis and Evos.
Normally I'd be pretty steamed about the thing but I was too busy observing that the beading motion of the water at 70+ MPH was uniform across the hood and roof but ended abruptly on the rear window and trunk section. Now what's that telling me is that I have a nice big turbulent vacuum being created at the edge of the roof following the trunk line creating a significant amount of drag causing the engine to work faster and more fuel to be burnt. Would a set of Agent 47's vortex generators help fix this problem and make the car a bit more slippery through the wind? Especially if I combine a nice functional chin spoiler later on? The price is right for a gift at about 79 bucks should I go for it or find other things to work on?
I'm drawing inspiration from rallying here where sedans are usually equipped with these to counter the blocky profile of STis and Evos.