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MPG improvement with aero cap for truck?
What kind of MPG improvement might one expect with an aerodynamic cap on a pickup truck?
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This might help
Half the drag reduction to get mpg percentage.
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Yes, it does help. What's the source?
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Perhaps you should read the following posts and see if you can ferret out the information.
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ere-23775.html
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Texas Tech published the table in a SAE Paper they presented in 1988 after scale and full-scale testing.
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