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Old 06-27-2011, 07:51 PM   #8 (permalink)
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X-Car - '11 Homemade 2+2

Velbly1 - '17 Toyota Camery XSE
90 day: 29 mpg (US)

Velbly2 - '13 Toyota Tundra
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The Tundra is my personal "daily driver", when I am not with my room mate in her Avalon...26 in town & 29 on the highway @ 75 mph, so I'm not going to "Wheel" the truck very hard core. I have property that is 4 miles of tough dirt road that I'm building on, and being in the concrete business requires me to need a real truck, my Rabbit diesel didn't cut it. Driving my road 5 days a week equals me driving the Baja 1000, twice a year...tough on vehicles! My thought on raising for better aero, is that allowing the air to go under as well as over the truck, it would not be compressing such a "bow wave" so to speak. Not being able to lower the 4x4 much (easily anyway), I'll do what I can with the grill & bumper gaps, and probably electric fans in the near future. I checked the tires today, and 35 psi is their max, so load range E's are in the future. When I can afford the air suspension, I'll be able to test the lower and higher ride height. Originally I was just wondering if anyone had ever wind tunnel tested a truck at different heights. Pics as soon as I can get them small enough.
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