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Old 02-04-2013, 12:49 PM   #14 (permalink)
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I have a belly pan and didn't notice any noise reduction. I removed the back seat, spare and parcel shelf in my hatchback for about 100 lbs of weight reduction in the VW. The downside was INCREASED noise. I added another 11 lbs on Dynamat sound deadener and still my wife would rather not ride in the car with the back seat out because of the tire noise.
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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.
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