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Lazarus · 12-31-2007, 06:23 PM

Some more anecdotal info. I made some VG's out of aluminum and tin snips using the info from the Mitsu Evo paper. I did A-B testing and had a 1.5% increase in FE at 55 mph. This was during the summer when the temps were the highest. The VG's were placed along the roof line just like the Evo pic.

12-31-2007, 06:23 PM	#16 (permalink)
Lazarus ECO-Evolution Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Central Texas Posts: 1,482 Iron Horse (retired) - '97 Iron horse Intrepid Ninja - '08 Kawasaki 250R 90 day: 76.23 mpg (US) Thanks: 17 Thanked 45 Times in 34 Posts	Some more anecdotal info. I made some VG's out of aluminum and tin snips using the info from the Mitsu Evo paper. I did A-B testing and had a 1.5% increase in FE at 55 mph. This was during the summer when the temps were the highest. The VG's were placed along the roof line just like the Evo pic. __________________ "Judge a person by their questions rather than their answers."