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Old 03-04-2011, 03:06 AM   #52 (permalink)
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"Tests should be conducted independently by a reliable party that has credibility and the credentials to report accurate test results."

NO that is not how you do tests. That is how you VERIFY tests :-) hehe

yes a large data sample is critical and repeatability is critical.

more important is being able to "isolate" a change and attribute it to what your doing and not to "some other" random variable.

"There is such a thing as waste which may be recoverable."

but that only increases efficiency. never over 100% :-) whatever you do will always be lossy. ie more in than out.

we got this great idea to reduce base drag - lets use exhaust heat to turn water to steam to "fill" the suck zone.

yeah I did the math. I would need about 225 gallons of water per hour of driving AND enough BTU's from the engine to make it all STEAM. ahh yeah no thats not going to work :-) hehehe neat idea though.
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