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Old 08-24-2008, 10:50 PM   #207 (permalink)
Johnny Mullet
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Location: Ashtabula, Ohio
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Christine - '98 Metro Base
90 day: 57.7 mpg (US)

Black Betty - '95 1500 4X4
90 day: 18.56 mpg (US)
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That bumper on Ebay is pretty close to where I live, but is painted and not the molded gray color. I plan on running this bumper through the winter months and locate another one later.

The first day and a half of driving with the block and believe or not, I noticed a few things.......

The car warms up to operating temperature much faster.
Car seems to coast better at higher speeds.
Car "feels" different when going over 40 MPH for some reason.

By the looks of my block, you would think that this mod would do nothing at all, but it seems that air deflected is better than turbulent air inside the engine compartment. If I were to do an external block with a smooth front surface, the improvements would probably be even better, but from what I have learned here even a partial block will help and that is true.
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