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Old 02-03-2008, 09:49 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Lazarus View Post
Actually I have done this with no affect on FE. Tested it up to 60 mph with no increase.
Ah, well. Ford did it on some of their old Falcon stock cars and it seemed to work well for them - it looked like a car with four headlights, but two of the "lights" were just big holes ducted back to the carbs.

I guess there just isn't enough dynamic effect at the kind of speeds we mere mortals have to drive.
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