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Subject:Re: High Mileage - its all been done before
From:Joel Sell
Date:Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:36:57 -0700

Wow. Notice that the largest gain in MPG was with the "aerodynamic aids". Looks like approx. 2mpg.
Sooooooooooo,  who's gonna break out the left over aluminum trim that you didn't need when you had your house sided last year and put up the results?
How about that 6" wing on the back? What would that translate into on a van? Where would it be mounted?
Joel in Philly

--- On Fri, 6/13/08, Todd Last <rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

> From: Todd Last <rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET>
> Subject: High Mileage - its all been done before
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Friday, June 13, 2008, 12:06 PM
> Take a gander here... 34 years ago
> Car and Driver mod a Pinto.
>
> End results: 18.2 mpg (US) in modded form, vs. 14.6 mpg in
> stock form, tested @ 70 mph
>
>
> http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/car-driver-magazine-ecomods-car-mpg-up-25-a-1186.html
>
> Todd
> '88 Westy