Cold Air Intake (CAI) on 2013 6.2L - worth doing?
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"Reducing the height and width of the car can reduce the frontal area, but there is a limit to how small this area can be since people must be able to sit comfortably inside the vehicle. Therefore, the easiest method of decreasing drag is to lower the coefficient of drag of the car [3]. The coefficient of drag of a vehicle depends predominantly on the shape (Fig. 2). Therefore, vehicle designers change specific aspects of the shape of the body of the vehicle in order to reduce the total aerodynamic drag and thus increase fuel economy."
ref: https://illumin.usc.edu/drag-reduction-the-pursuit-of-better-fuel-economy/
gooffeyguy
Tom
For the ultimate mileage, remove the windshield wiper arms and fold the side mirrors in
I am sure there is some give & take in Vehicle design between what is visually appealing, is quiet, roomy and etc and also economical and able to be mass produced at a profit.
a lowered vehicle may scrape on the ground, be more prone to collecting mud & dirt and water exposure, etc...
a lowered vehicle may scrape on the ground, be more prone to collecting mud & dirt and water exposure, etc...
Marky Dissod
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Exactly what I wanted to ask @Rocket Man about.
I was mentioning that because those would be reasons why oem would not produce them like that if they can help it, the T2's do now have automatic lowering, not to the ground lowering but they have came around to the benefit.
gooffeyguy
Tom
Just buy a mini van
Marky Dissod
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Um, no thanks?
Last time I hit a small pothole with a minivan, the minivan was all,
'Wanh. I need a new tire and strut.'
The Z71 thinks it's just a bump.
Again, wonder how @Rocket Man 's feels about it.
gooffeyguy
Tom
I was referring to lowered SUVs. They look like mini vans and have about the same people/cargo space.
Marky Dissod
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Ah.
In that case, yes, minivans become much more competitive with LOWERED bubbas / XLs.
In that case, yes, minivans become much more competitive with LOWERED bubbas / XLs.
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