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Originally Posted by RH77
At some point, someone posted a great link to an informative article published by one of the Diesel engine manufacturers (Cummins, CAT, Detroit Diesel).
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Cultural Learnings of America for Make... Er, I mean,
Cummins Reveals Secrets to Great MPG. Page six has a nice graph, and according to it, if trucks dropped from ~75mph to ~60mph, they'd see a good ~30+% increase in efficiency. In other words, if they slow down to ~55-60mph across the board instead of the ~70-75mph I've seen, they would see the equivalent of $3/gallon diesel even with prices at $4/gallon due to the increase in mileage. That being said, given the horrible drag coefficient of most rigs, aeromods could probably do the same as slowing down a normal rig.