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Old 12-18-2012, 01:05 AM   #19 (permalink)
Diesel_Dave
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Originally Posted by ECONORAM View Post
Yes, my truck has one of those on it. I am curious, did you find any FE increase with the entire grill blocked? I tried some ABA tests last week w/25% blocked and about 80% blocked and I didn't get any improvement...
I never got the chance to do A-B-A testing and quantify it. I doubt the effect is that large, quite honestly. That being said, it's hard to see how it would hurt.
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