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Old 04-23-2023, 05:09 AM   #24 (permalink)
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I'll get some better photos in the morning.
That might help. ...to explain whether it's down from 2.5 to 1.4mpg , or down from the 8mpg in #1 to ~6.75.

j-c-c -- I posted the pic at #3. That's the only place I've ever seen the high-momentum mud flap. Were I to speculate, it would run along the lines of a mudflap that curves forward at the outer edges to capture the wake off the tires and then collimate it into a central jet.
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collimate
kŏl′ə-māt″
transitive verb
  • To make parallel; line up.
  • To adjust the line of sight of (an optical device).
  • To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to render parallel, as rays of light.
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