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Old 11-15-2012, 03:27 PM   #35 (permalink)
turbovr41991
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Originally Posted by SpeedyCorky View Post
oh yea side note: i added a lower air dam/deflector to my front bumper. lowers it about 4 or 5 inches. now only about 3 inches of air is getting under the car from the front. once i lower the car, it will be even less. WOW what an improvement already. freeway MPG is up from around 54mpg on my normal commute, to closer to 59mpg! ....wish i had done that mod a long time ago..... rear underbody diffuser is next....
Where are the pictures of the bumper modification!!!!! I probably had 4-5 inches blocked with my bumper skirt and lawn edging combo. But I removed the lawn edging when I lowered the car 2 inches. Really haven’t noticed any negative effect without having the lawn edging. I would like to block 1-2 more inches, but the edging is much larger than that and I am kinda enjoying not scrapping everywhere.

Wish I had your warm weather. My mpg has been falling to the 54-55 mark lately.

Good luck with the MMO. I have found it to be useful as well. Can’t really comment on the speed aspect of it as I have a VX transmission, but it allows lean burn at lower RPM’s which seem to the one of the limiting factor on lean burn (not speed.)
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