<VV> Better mileage with top down

[Rick Norris]

Do loadsides get better mileage driven backward or without any top up or 
down using an electro-mechanical fool pump and open Yenko flaps??
Just wonderin...

The Lone Haranguer



> Further consideration leads me to think that Yenko Style flaps would be 
> the
> answer to better "pressurization" of the engine compartment since this 
> would
> still provide a seal at the deck lid to body area VS opening the (entire)
> lid at the front edge.
>
> I suppose that testing of both methods would be needed to confirm which 
> way
> is best.
>
> If I did not loose track of the "subject line" the test would also need to
> include whether a hotter (I suspect is correct) or a cooler running engine
> provides better gas mileage.
>
> Later, JR