Thread: Experiment: smooth wheel discs tested A-B-A - 4.6% mpg improvement @ 65 mph
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Old 05-13-2010, 10:18 AM   #213 (permalink)
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Here's a video of someone on the Illuminati Motors (X-Prize contender) team installing the screw-on type of smooth "moon" wheel covers, with drilled and tapped holes in the bead part of the steel rim:

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