View Single Post
Old 03-04-2013, 12:19 PM   #13 (permalink)
Varn
Do more with less
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: North Eastern Missouri
Posts: 930

OD - '05 Ford Econoline
90 day: 18.64 mpg (US)

Joetta - '86 Volkswagen Jetta Turbo Oil Burner
TEAM VW AUDI Group
90 day: 49.71 mpg (US)

Benzilla - '85 Mercedes Benz 300D
90 day: 28.08 mpg (US)
Thanks: 66
Thanked 177 Times in 112 Posts
A lot of vehicles use a passive self adjusting system. As the pressure and velocity builds the holes in the grill create a blockage from interference drag. At highway speeds they only allow a fraction of the air through that they do with low speed.

Not sure if it is the best but think of a ford truck or car with a grill made from large wide flat plates with slots between them. The slots only allow much air at low speed.
__________________
“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.” George Orwell

“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe.

The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed.”

Noah Webster, 1787
  Reply With Quote