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Originally Posted by Otto
Squid go tentacle-forward, gathered into a fairing shape,
BTW, have you tested your car with vs. without the front end mods, but with rear end mods, to see how much the front fairing helps?
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Squid can go either tentacles-forward and tentacles-backwards (the advantage to being propelled by a directional nozzle). They go tentacles-forward for short distances when capturing prey (the tentacles will flare outwards to capture the prey at the end of the brief forward sprint. But they spend most of their time going tentacles-backwards (especially when they are in a hurry).
I didn't have a SuperMId when I installed the nosepiece and boattail (the boattail was installed earlier than the nosepiece), so I could just go with the change in coasting ability resulting from installing the mod. The boattail produced a larger improvement in coasting ability than the nosepiece, but the nosepiece produced a greater than anticipated improvement. The nosepiece resulted in about the same amount of coasting improvement as when I installed the smooth underbody.