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Old 12-25-2009, 10:58 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by elhigh View Post
I seem to recall reading somewhere that the drag coefficient of that body is better in reverse than forward. Pick the body up, spin it 'round on the chassis, do the trip again.
That was the Pinto - ask Bob Glidden! (edit: or was that Jack Roush? Gawd, the '70's were a long time ago!)
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