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Old 01-04-2013, 06:37 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
The Bonneville speed guys carefully place the wheel offset for minimum drag. That said, I don't know if you can do it by eyeball, and furthermore at highway speeds I doubt it makes a detectable difference. But if you are going whole hog, it should be investigated via tuft tests or ?
Or go to one of those speed runs at airports and do coast-down testing from 100mph. You'd need to have the same tires on each set of wheels, though, for consistency.
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