Thread: Shield the tires - will it help?
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Old 04-14-2010, 12:51 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Deezler, have you looked at what Tasdouille has done to his Mk III Jetta for his 79 mpg mileage run? He shielded the tires much lower. I like the Corvette style flap. Wiki Gurney flap and see what a little lip did for a rear spoiler wing.

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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.
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