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Old 07-01-2008, 02:54 PM   #20 (permalink)
Gregte
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: South Dakota
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GMC Sonoma - '94 GMC Sonoma
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Originally Posted by ttoyoda View Post
To solve a statics problem, the sum of all the forces AND torques must be zero.
Thanks for that information! I would not have figured that out myself but after reading what you wrote I do understand what you are saying and it does make sense.

I had originally concluded that it would take 3.6 years of fuel savings to pay for my electric fan. Your insight reduces this to 1.8 years. And this is all at $4 gas. If gas doubles in the meantime (hey, it might) my mod becomes even more worth the doing. In all honesty, I think with me it is more a matter of foolish pride than of the actual fuel savings although saving money, no matter how little, is always good.
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