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Old 12-18-2009, 03:01 PM   #377 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
....EDIT: however, and this is really important, we can't forget the Insight doesn't share the Metro's ICE technology. Any aero improvements to the Insight widen the lean burn window. So an Insight may not need as much of a Cd improvement to equal the Metro's 15% fuel economy improvement....
Hi Metro,

I really hope your on to something here, as the goal of 15% or even 10% will be worth it.

And your comments about widening the lean burn window is one of the goals as well.

I'm hoping someone else will be able to establish angles of curvature so I can simply copy their design in foam.

Jim.
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