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Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 03:50:19 -0600 (MDT)
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fordtrucks80up-digest Saturday, October 25 1997 Volume 01 : Number 190



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In this issue:

Tailgates up or down?? ["jason" ]
Re: fordtrucks80up-digest V1 #188 ["Alan Heaberlin" ]
Re: SEMA show ["WK" ]
Blue Smoke [quadrai oberon.ark.com (quadrai)]
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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 23:10:17 -0400
From: "jason"
Subject: Tailgates up or down??

This is correct. According to what i read--and this is the unscientific
version--
trucks are aerodynamically designed so that when you drive oncoming air
passes over
the roof of the cab and completely avoids the "bubble" of air that is
formed in the
bed. The tailgate "traps" this "bubble". After hauling hay in the back
of our
truck, I will be driving down the highway and in the rear view mirror will
notice
the little pieces of leftover hay sort of moving slowly in a circular
motion;
even though air is passing over the truck at 55 or 60 mph, the pieces of
hay never
leave the area defined by the "bubble"--and thereby confirms its existence.
I used
to keep the tailgate off--i used a piece of 3/4 inch pipe to hold the two
sides of
the truck apart. But ever since putting the tailgate back on, my mileage
has
increased pretty dramatically. very counterintuitive (there's a good
word!).
regards david

David: I seem to have the opposite results. After unloading, If I leave the
tailgate down, almost all of the residue blows out exept for a one foot
area just behind the cab. If I raise the gate, the truck bed remains full
of stuff. What happens is the gate causes your bubble. and the stuff goes
up and back in. With the gate down the stuff goes up and out.
I find the opposite gas mileage results also. Better down.
I took a very long trip with a Tournou cover and, Boy did that help.

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Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 00:10:42 -0700
From: "Alan Heaberlin"
Subject: Re: fordtrucks80up-digest V1 #188

> From: silent.bob juno.com (Silent . Bob)
> > Subject: Re: 97 Ranger cutting out 100+ mph
> >
> > On Wed, 22 Oct 1997 10:02:47 -0500 "David J. Baldwin"
>
> > writes:
> > >Mike Wiatt wrote:
> >
> > >You might try looking in to the presence of a vehicle speed
> limiter.
> > >The EEC also knows what vehicle speed is, and it is possible that

> they
> > >limit the Ranger top speed because of stability concerns.
> >
> >
> > This is true. A Ranger will start to "float" at 100mph.
> >
> I doubt that the EEC knows anything more than engine rpm--speedwise.

> As an
> automotive test driver working daily at speeds in excess of 110mph
> (650
> miles per day usually) what I do know is that the air conditioning
> will cut
> out in high gear at WOT to reserve engine power for the drive
wheels.
> I
> would suspect fuel flow or pressure or perhaps air intake
> restriction
> (dirty air cleaner). Let us know what you find out!
> Buffalo Al
....

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