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Old 08-30-2008, 12:29 AM   #23 (permalink)
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KickmeintheJimmy - '96 GMC Jimmy 4 Door 4WD
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Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
There has been a ton of work done on this. The sheer diversity of howtrailrs are used defeats any "one size fits all" mods.

I do know this: leave your underhood air filters alone. They are the optimum setup.
Yeah it's virtually impossible to really make our flatbed trailers aero friendly. I think all I can do with the trailers is look to eliminate uneeded weight and find a good cheap tire with the least amount of flexing.


About the underhood air filters though it just doesn't seem optimum. When the trucks are in the yard I'll try to get a photo or two of what I'm talking about. They seem to be in a location that would most likely pull in hot air which can't help our power situation out any (this is on the columbia models)
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