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Old 01-02-2009, 04:44 AM   #85 (permalink)
brucey
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And so I did test it out! Pleased with the results:

AB AB With normal wheels:
29.5 28.39 29.7 29.2

AB AB With smooth
29.8 30.6 30.6 30.3

AB Without:
30.6 29.6

AB With:
30.6 30.8

Average with normal: 29.483
Average with smooth: 30.45

3.5% gain.

Tested on roughly 1 mile roughly straight stretch of road. Scangauge was reset, cruise was set. 56 mph runs. Outside Temperature was 25 degrees or so the entire time and wind was calm.
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