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Old 09-29-2010, 11:14 AM   #38 (permalink)
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A general question about those who have the underbody molding. How do clean the debris off the top of the coroplast? Around here it would be a half inch of mud and chips after the first wet drive. But in any environment it is going to something. Winter salt slush.
I used some aluminum flashing to extend the rear wheelwells to wrap under the coroplast to try to keep some slush out. The sides are slightly narrower than the tires and sealed pretty tightly. But I haven't been through a winter yet. We shall see.
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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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