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Old 10-22-2009, 06:50 PM   #57 (permalink)
nateluke
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Originally Posted by tasdrouille View Post
Anyone who knows a thing or two about aerodynamics will tell you dimples do not scale up to work on a car. An 11% increase in FE at 65 mph is more or less between 15 to 20% reduction in drag, that's way too much for not having been universally accepted in the past.
Possibly, but judging by comments on the internet and even here, it sounds like most people wouldn't want a car that looked like that. Just like the people who think a grille block, mirror delete, etc, looks ugly, despite the real-world gains.

However I do agree with the others that there is a better solution than 850 pounds of clay. I'd drive a dimpled car any day. Kudos to the Mythbusters for testing something useful in a controlled way. Maybe we should get on their message board and suggest they do a full-tank test, or something to that effect for more/better results?
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