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Old 10-09-2008, 09:01 AM   #8 (permalink)
Xringer
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Originally Posted by crexcrex View Post
In addition to the above comment those minor mods at the wheels can only serve to accumalate more turbulence and air as there is no escape for the trapped turbulence there must be a route of escape such as a genuine front fender vent and the same applies to the rear..............no escape equals more drag.

Not bieng critical just an observation.

What about this tape up job?
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...mods-4869.html
Will his have the same trapped air problems?
Maybe Sayyad might be interested in hearing about why his mods won't work..

Anyways, I'm just testing ideas. I'm trying all sorts of things to see if they have any effect. So far, I've not done anything that made my MPG worse.
My highway MPG was still 33 MPG the last time I tested..
(Need some flat road w/o a bunch of tailgaters).
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