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Old 03-05-2009, 12:42 PM   #18 (permalink)
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90 day: 52.71 mpg (US)

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90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
Isn't losing the spoiler kind of an apparent first step?
On that car, not necessarily. Just guessing (I know that's dangerous when it comes to aero), but I don't think that car has reattached flow on the end of the decklid. It's too short, and the rear glass is too steep. So effectively raising the decklid as that "spoiler" does, may be helping a small amount.


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heres some pics of my car, what do you think i should do to it to help it out without going extreme...
Since the "extreme" qualification is subjective, and only you know the answer to what's "going extreme", I'd just suggest going through the aero mods section in the 65+ efficiency mods list and pick out the projects that meet your criteria.
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