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Originally Posted by bandit86
With a leaf blower and some plastic model cars some home style aerodynamic testing could be done, anyone ever try it? Maybe a strain gauge, or just a spring stretch measured to see improvements. I would love to see some numbers on a classic bug, lowered and the windshield tilted back, cheaper and taste to do than a real one.
Just a thought
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Didn't Mythbusters use oat flakes in a water tank to show the flow over a scale model of a pickup when they were seeing if tailgate down saved gas?
EDIT :Yep! Episode 43-2005
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBus..._Tailgate_Down