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04-10-2009, 09:20 AM | #1 | |
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20% MPG improvement with a vehicle wrap?
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20% with a treated vinyl wrap? I would love to see some hard proof.....
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04-10-2009, 09:21 AM | #2 |
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if you believe that, I have this bridge for sale...
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04-10-2009, 09:24 AM | #3 |
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04-10-2009, 09:24 AM | #4 |
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if you vary the conditions enough (car, gear, speed, wind, air pressure, temperature, humidity) and find that optimum condition where the aero drag is most prominent and reducing it is most beneficial I'm sure you could get some data that says this is true.
If you do enough testing you can prove almost anything though, even if its nonesense. I'm sure you agree. |
04-10-2009, 09:29 AM | #5 |
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I so want a matte vinyl job on my V.
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04-10-2009, 09:29 AM | #6 |
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04-10-2009, 09:30 AM | #7 |
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04-10-2009, 09:31 AM | #8 | |
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if a drug company tests their drugs on people for ten years and says its OK and causes no harm. some might call this proof some might not |
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04-10-2009, 09:33 AM | #9 |
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nevermind, i just think people overuse the words "proof" and "prove".
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04-10-2009, 09:34 AM | #10 |
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I think we need to get a NASIOC group buy going on these things.... they look AWESOME!!!!!!!
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04-10-2009, 09:36 AM | #11 |
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04-10-2009, 09:37 AM | #12 |
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04-10-2009, 09:38 AM | #13 |
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04-10-2009, 09:39 AM | #14 |
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I hate black on black wheels.
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Those swimsuits are amazing and they obviously have an impact, but that is drag in the water, I would think it is a lot difference then drag in the air. When it comes to cars I would think the overall shape of the car has a much greater effect on coefficient of drag then a smooth surface. Also, how much smoother can this stuff be then the surface of a car already is ?
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I saw the company testing this on a TV science show about a month ago and it seemed interesting ... basically they are taking the technology behind golf balls and trying to apply it to the areodynamics of a car. The skin wasn't smooth. It had dimples (very small) all over the place to chnage how the air travels around the car
They tested it on a 911 first with the skin and then without. The lap times and MPG were significantly lower, but I didn't fully trust the results because they weren't using an independant driver. I wasn't fully convinced, but it did sound very interesting ... I hope it does work. It would be a major breakthrough |
04-10-2009, 09:42 AM | #17 |
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I would love my car to look like a ****ing golf ball in order to increase my fuel economy by 5% on a good day.........
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They make it sound like you can decrease your aero drag by speeding up. With logic that sound, I think I'll pass on the wrap.
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04-10-2009, 09:48 AM | #22 |
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I never understood that. People make these high-MPG modifications to their cars but they start with **** like a 93 Prelude or something. Hooray, you can make your car look like a Roddenberry abortion and get almost as much MPG as a more efficient car from the get-go?
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04-10-2009, 09:48 AM | #23 |
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If the wrap covers all those fake ass vent holes it could work!
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04-10-2009, 09:48 AM | #24 |
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04-10-2009, 09:49 AM | #25 |
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