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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Except you're not going to get any useful data because you've changed too many things.
Tank to tank testing is dodgy at best. But you've thrown a spanner in the works by also removing the tail gate. (Also - why would you remove the tailgate?)
You should only change one variable at a time.
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true, which is why I'm going to put it back on, only driving I did was a test drive to mcdonnalds and back because I was too tires to bust out the WOK and make something good
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Originally Posted by FoMoCo_RANGER
my factory tonneau weights in at about 200 pounds, i just took that off hoping to gain more MPG... i'm gonna do some expermenting myself to see some actual results, i saw the mythbusters episode, and still not sold on the idea, it was 2 different drivers
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Sup Rob!!!!
I know for a fact that on a "unibody" truck Dodge Rampage (Ramlet) that the tailgate down or missing made a positive result in aero because my top speed went up 4mph..
It wasn't a conventional truck by any means..
it was a 1980's Dodge Charger with an El Camino truck bed..
Ditching that tonneau of yours will drop alot of weight. Isn't your tonneau ribbed in surface design? (Ribbed for her pleasure?)
I'd wait for it to stop snowing alltogether before dropping weight over the drives tho..
If I can find a sheet of coroplast in a 5 x 7 sheet, I'll make a bed cover.
Or, for 8 bucks I saw a 1/8" thick piece of plywood that I'd need two off to make a bed cover.. I'd reinforce it with aluminum square stock and rubber foam for the bed to tonneau mating surface..
I can tell you guys this..
My usuall section where I'd throw my truck into coasting mode before a stop sign with nobody behind me usually got me down to 35mph by a certain section.. last night I was coasting down in that same area and I was at 40mph in that same section.. this is all from 45mph exactly..
maybe theres something to this?
