Thread: My car is ignorant of aerodynamics.
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Old 09-24-2013, 09:01 AM   #3 (permalink)
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There are rare cases of BSFC being low enough to overcome the additional power required to go faster. I've really only seen one on paper and that was a ~1997 Celica and it got like 1-2 mpg more at 60 vs 55.
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