Recent content by j-c-c-62

. deleted out of respect for Bob. The real disrespect shown here is by all the hypocritical comments here for mainly admitted self-serving reasons after his passing that were seldom if ever shown when he was posting here, and actually often he was belittled, and now maybe for guilt many want...

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R.I.P. *************** rest deleted out of respect for Bob.

On another thread here recently I asked about wrinkling but in non-black colors. The solution I tried worked out fine was the standard wrinkle black, followed after wrinkling by a light coat of the color of choice. It surprised me how well it came out and was relatively easy. Not sure yet how...

Speak for yourself :luvplace:

FWIW, IMO, on a stock 4bbl big block motor, headers are likely the biggest bang for buck single improvement upgrade possible that even might include a minor weight savings and mileage increase.

For your situation, with everything else you already know, a guess might be good enough.

1960: 2025: And no notch.

The #21 word salad reply seems to lean towards the idea if you make the classic spoiler smaller, in anyway, shorter, narrower, with a notch, you have less drag and therefore better fuel economy. Duh. No mention of less DF, the primary objective of a spoiler in the first place. I submit if a...

Have you priced one lately? Then other options if found will be welcomed IMO.

It actually speeds up the ambient air, redirects it to some degree and prevents the dropping any airborne dirt onto any surface, similar to how sandbars form in slow water vs fast. The difference of opinion here maybe is over one cannot "clean" anything that has not yet settled?

"Notched spoilers have been observed to be more effective than uniform spoilers to suppress the flow-induced cavity resonance of vehicles with open sunroofs." reply #21

That I believe was to promote proper and timely chute opening.

I personally have given up having any kind of technical aero discussion when a distinction between a true wing and a spoiler does not exist.

That racecars with open sunroofs should have notched spoilers to reduce drag? :lol: