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Old 12-23-2019, 01:16 PM   #45 (permalink)
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I think the improvement it's pretty small, mostly because the rear roofline & spoiler are already shaped decently for low drag.

If I recall, when I tested the kammback on the Firefly, it was good for something like a 4% MPG gain at my typical testing speed of 80 km/h. But the rear of the Firefly is much less optimized from the factory than the Mirage back end.

When I tested a smaller kamm as just one item in a group of mods on a Mirage I was loaned 5 years ago, the whole group was good for an improvement of 4.5 % @ 90 km/h / 56 mph.


Edit: another Mirage Forum member made and tested one and couldn't detect any difference. Not sure of testing methodology, though.
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