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Old 10-30-2015, 01:50 PM   #361 (permalink)
Big Dave
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The Red Baron - '00 Ford F-350 XLT
90 day: 27.99 mpg (US)

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Looking at Post #345, I am taken how similar you cap looks to the black apparition I had on mine for a few years. See my avatar - its the last surviving picture of it.

The BZP cap has a better (shallower) angle and I whacked mine off at the tailgate. (I have a long truck and a short garage.) But both taper in the plan view, leading to smaller wake area. BZP's has to be lighter than mine. I used rubber matting for the skin and that demanded a sturdier structure.

My short and too-steep cap was the best MPG configuration I've had. BZP should do well with this one.

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