<VV> mythbusters and pickup beds

[J R Read_HML]

So, what effect (never though to try it) would leaving the engine access 
door open (or removing it) on an FC have - in terms of engine heat?  Might 
need to find a spot for the license plate.

Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kirk Johnson" <ragstheratrodrampside at yahoo.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 7:09 AM
Subject: <VV> mythbusters and pickup beds


> Mythbusters showed that pick up beds fill with air, like water unless 
> there are side winds nothing should blow out. If there is a hole in the 
> bed air will be "leaking out of the hole.  Thatr's why tail gates down do 
> not increase gas mileage.  When I drove with the cover open my dipstick 
> was not warm to the touch.
>
> Some one else thought it was "cool" the last time this came up.
>
> Kirk Johnson
> Rags, the Ratrod Rampside
> De Soto, KS
>
>
>
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