Good Heavens! 20 MPH + -headwind, can't even make 80 mph!..
03-22-2005, 08:55 PM
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Good Heavens! 20 MPH + -headwind, can't even make 80 mph!..
Driving straight into a 20mph wind, the "BOX" struggles to get up to 65, then 70 , then 75, then........WTF ........I floor it, still can't get to 80 !!!! 
Finally, I barely make it to 80....just ease up on the pedal, BAM, back to 70, then 65, .....just another BOX experience...
Finally, I barely make it to 80....just ease up on the pedal, BAM, back to 70, then 65, .....just another BOX experience...
03-22-2005, 09:19 PM
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Re: Good Heavens! 20 MPH + -headwind, can't even make 80 mp
Originally Posted by jaymo
Driving straight into a 20mph wind, the "BOX" struggles to get up to 65, then 70 , then 75, then........WTF ........I floor it, still can't get to 80 !!!!
Finally, I barely make it to 80....just ease up on the pedal, BAM, back to 70, then 65, .....just another BOX experience...
Finally, I barely make it to 80....just ease up on the pedal, BAM, back to 70, then 65, .....just another BOX experience...
Automatic transmission, right?
03-23-2005, 01:21 AM
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throughout the rolling plains of nebraska i dont even have that problem 
i love 5 speed. i love intake. i love lowering. hell, i love my box
i think for you that might be an excuse for supercharged fun
i love 5 speed. i love intake. i love lowering. hell, i love my box
i think for you that might be an excuse for supercharged fun
03-23-2005, 02:38 PM
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i thought about this a while back when people were talking about the massive differences in top speed they got for the xB.
If a massive headwind can slow you down that much... imagine what a massive tailwind can do...
oh and... did you try popping off the O/D so you have more power without the O/D gear?
If a massive headwind can slow you down that much... imagine what a massive tailwind can do...
oh and... did you try popping off the O/D so you have more power without the O/D gear?
03-23-2005, 04:46 PM
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that's why on the highway.. i've become the DRAFTING KING......
Hell.. i went to visit my friend in Atlanta.. and on my last fillup I drafted with a trucker (I asked permission, pulled up beside him) and I got over 45mpg... was awesome..... Riding out 75mph at like 2900 rpms...
Anything over 3k rpms in the box kills....
Hell.. i went to visit my friend in Atlanta.. and on my last fillup I drafted with a trucker (I asked permission, pulled up beside him) and I got over 45mpg... was awesome..... Riding out 75mph at like 2900 rpms...
Anything over 3k rpms in the box kills....
03-23-2005, 05:02 PM
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Drafting is where you let the vehicle in front of you break
a "wake" in the air, and you basically ride in the pocket of
calm air behind him.
Just like bike racers who ride really close behind each other,
just like NASCAR how they stay close and in a straight
line, just like ducks how they fly in an echelon. It's all to
let the one in front of you and break the wind and the air for
you, making you more efficient.
Most people don't realize or think about things this way,
but we are nothing but a different type of fish walking along
the bottom of an ocean of Nitrogen and Oxygen. And that
ocean of gas is slowing us down with "air friction".
a "wake" in the air, and you basically ride in the pocket of
calm air behind him.
Just like bike racers who ride really close behind each other,
just like NASCAR how they stay close and in a straight
line, just like ducks how they fly in an echelon. It's all to
let the one in front of you and break the wind and the air for
you, making you more efficient.
Most people don't realize or think about things this way,
but we are nothing but a different type of fish walking along
the bottom of an ocean of Nitrogen and Oxygen. And that
ocean of gas is slowing us down with "air friction".
03-23-2005, 05:08 PM
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drafting = tailgating lol...
actually I wouldn't advise drafting behind a truck.. you can't see around them... and those air brakes will stop them pretty quick (so long as it dry pavement).
Don't know the technical definition but...
Drafting is pretty much riding/driving in the area of broken air behind a car (the larger the car you are behind, the better and easier it is). Since your car meets little to no wind resistance, your engine doesn't have to work as hard to maintain speeds. Behind VERY large objects travelling at high speeds (like a truck) a vaccuum can form behind them... which can actually PULL you to a limited degree.
You can see this in effect in almost all racing sports.. but most notably auto racing and cycling.
edit: oh raven beat me to it lol good answer
actually I wouldn't advise drafting behind a truck.. you can't see around them... and those air brakes will stop them pretty quick (so long as it dry pavement).
Don't know the technical definition but...
Drafting is pretty much riding/driving in the area of broken air behind a car (the larger the car you are behind, the better and easier it is). Since your car meets little to no wind resistance, your engine doesn't have to work as hard to maintain speeds. Behind VERY large objects travelling at high speeds (like a truck) a vaccuum can form behind them... which can actually PULL you to a limited degree.
You can see this in effect in almost all racing sports.. but most notably auto racing and cycling.
edit: oh raven beat me to it lol good answer
