Myth Busters - REVISTED!
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did anyone else read teh article about the superduty that gets 26mpg in DieselPower. He had a custom tonneau(sp) cover that started at the top of the cab and sloped back to the tailgate. Really ugly but effective I guess. He also had 3.08 gears, 2-4" drop, tall skinny tires, custom tuned chip that was programmed for alot of timming and economy below 2k rpm then above 2k rpm it would give a 50hp boost.
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At those speeds the weight of the tailgate probably had more effect on mileage than the air resistance (an exaggeration...but still....).
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It's illegal to drive a dually on public roads without the identification lights. If you want to run without a tailgate, pick up a tri-bar and mount it below the tailgate to keep you legal.
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Any vehicle 80 inches wide or more must have them (identification lights) front and rear (1 at each corner, 3 in the middle). The reason the cab lights are available on SRW trucks is so they can be run legally with a flatbed trailer 80 inches wide or wider.
The tri-bar is not technically legal by itself unless it's at the same level as the tail lights, you should mount individual lights as close to the corners as practical.
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So I guess my 2 tail lights, and each rear fender light only adds to 4 
so I would need just 1 more light to stick in the middle 
. Oh well doesnt really matter, I like how my tailgate has 5 lights on it, then I have my tail lights, then i have my fender lights... 9 whole lights!
wow, I can count! keep me far away form those elementary differential equations though, thats a lot harder than counting...
so I would need just 1 more light to stick in the middle . Oh well doesnt really matter, I like how my tailgate has 5 lights on it, then I have my tail lights, then i have my fender lights... 9 whole lights! wow, I can count! keep me far away form those elementary differential equations though, thats a lot harder than counting...
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From: hills of cali forn ya
They PAY people to come up with this stuff...
Funny , funny stuff fellas!
I am tormented by my friends about my 1985 gold mercedes bought on ebay from California.
Has anyone seen the MYTHBUSTERS episode about the stero sound blowing apart a car??
my car mysteriously has no gaskets or screws attached and a diesel engine installed.............
The producers won't give me the VIN........
BUT my sun roof is mint!
I am tormented by my friends about my 1985 gold mercedes bought on ebay from California.
Has anyone seen the MYTHBUSTERS episode about the stero sound blowing apart a car??
my car mysteriously has no gaskets or screws attached and a diesel engine installed.............
The producers won't give me the VIN........
BUT my sun roof is mint!
Thats MR Hoss to you buddy!
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From: Central Texas
There has been many articles and research done on this before.
Mythbusters only tested one vehicle.
All the research done (outside of Mythbusters) indicates that the mpg of a pickup is a product of several factors.
Length of bed.
Length of cab roof.
Deflection angle of windshield.
Deflection and consumption of air at the grill.
Hight of the truck from the ground.
and even then, the researchers found that vehicle speed and even wind speed caused variations.
Thus, Mythbusters found what works best for THAT truck in THOSE conditions. However, what may work well for my standard cab long bed would be totally different than a quad cab short bed.
And to complicate the equation further, what works best for me today, may change tomorrow based on all the outside factors.
Rich.
Mythbusters only tested one vehicle.
All the research done (outside of Mythbusters) indicates that the mpg of a pickup is a product of several factors.
Length of bed.
Length of cab roof.
Deflection angle of windshield.
Deflection and consumption of air at the grill.
Hight of the truck from the ground.
and even then, the researchers found that vehicle speed and even wind speed caused variations.
Thus, Mythbusters found what works best for THAT truck in THOSE conditions. However, what may work well for my standard cab long bed would be totally different than a quad cab short bed.
And to complicate the equation further, what works best for me today, may change tomorrow based on all the outside factors.
Rich.
