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Old 07-14-2008, 02:47 AM   #16 (permalink)
texanidiot25
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Don't bother with the tranny swap unless you can do it yourself. The labor costs alone will far out weigh any fuel costs savings from it.

Take a pic of your car straight on from the side, while kneeling (low angle) and post it. I can toss it on the flow illustraightor they were talking about and give you an idea of how the body kit, and wing are effecting the car. I know that the wing is totally non-functional, but not sure about it's effect on air flow. As for the grille block, anything works. Duct tape, card board, lexan, plexiglass, etc etc. What alot of guys here use is plastic Cloroplast, the material used in many of those cheap stick-in road side signs for garage sales, and political ads. Can also be bought at sign shops.
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