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Old 08-29-2011, 08:50 PM   #64 (permalink)
orbywan
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
There's nothing I can say which will change your results or compensate for 3-weeks of slow-cooking under the beast.
Every wind tunnel investigation for Class-8 vehicles showed improvement with bellypans.
Cars and vans reacted similarly.
Fachsenfeld's Omnibus reacted very favorably.
Full-scale wind tunnel tests would give us immediate data.The real world may take longer.I see variability with the T-100 with no mod changes whatsoever.
I hope you'll consider long-term 'testing.'We all stand to learn a great deal.
I am especially thankful for the sacrifice.
Thanks Phil, I'm a long way from quitting, do you have any suggestions for testing besides redesigning the lower portion of the tail? The only other thing I know to do at this point is to cut a couple of vent holes in the second pan back to see if the frontal air is backing up in there. I'm blown away this didn't show some improvement, looking at it before and after, it is like night and day better, but looks obviously don't make it more efficient.
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