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bbjsw10 10-26-2008 01:08 PM

Familiar Cap?
 
I seen a Hummer H3T commercial the other day and noticed the cap on it. Reminds me or the "Aerocap" on the F-150 floating around on here.
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/c...t-kayaking.jpg

red91sit 10-26-2008 03:09 PM

haha that is so ugly! With the boat on top, and the massive amount of stuff sticking out into the airflow, it's a shame they're using this as the first mass produced vehicle with an aero cap.

SuperTrooper 10-26-2008 03:15 PM

Talk about putting lipstick on a pig.

Matt Herring 10-26-2008 03:44 PM

That cap looks alot like the F-150 cap Bondo came up with. Bondo did say he was in "talks" with a manufacturer about mass production of the aerocap...but that was only a week ago in the thread. He refers to the "talks" with the manufacturer on the 10-17-08 post.

Here's the thread...

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...d-cap-583.html

Red 10-26-2008 05:22 PM

I thought Hummer is now defunct?

Hasbro 10-26-2008 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red (Post 69300)
I thought Hummer is now defunct?

I remember some Army Hummers with the same angle quite a while back.

red91sit 10-26-2008 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hasbro (Post 69306)
I remember some Army Hummers with the same angle quite a while back.

I forgot about these! I do wonder though, if these vehicles actually attain attached flow on these parts. It seems as if the whole vehicle could be in detached flow area.

http://www.efox.ie/military/hummer%2..._clean_sml.png

Red 10-26-2008 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hasbro (Post 69306)
I remember some Army Hummers with the same angle quite a while back.

No no, I know the real deal has them, I meant the brand. I thought GM had basically discontinued them.

meemooer 10-27-2008 01:30 AM

i wonder what they claim for gas mileage increase

i_am_socket 10-27-2008 07:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red (Post 69318)
No no, I know the real deal has them, I meant the brand. I thought GM had basically discontinued them.

But gas prices are down, clearly people still have a need for a $75,000 monster truck to never take off their suburban pavement?

If I have some down time at work I wanna see what kind of aero hummer I can come up with... Might go from 10-15 mpg too :p


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