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Daox · 02-26-2008, 08:02 PM

If your doing a lot of city driving I can see this possibly being useful. However, if you do mostly highway I don't see anywhere near the gains.

Do you do your own fabrication?

Also, your going to need a lot more than one 12v battery to make any sort of dent in your mileage.

02-26-2008, 08:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
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