Dale,
That was the factory sponsored GMC Motorsports 200 mph truck. They tried
different bed covers and found that the cover over the rear half of the bed
was the most effective by far. Don Stringfellow passed that along ... he
drove it.
Wes
on 2/7/02 8:38 AM, Rick Hammond at r.hammond@sympatico.ca wrote:
> Clay,
> I guess we are mostly dealing with the curl of air from the roof top to either
> the bed or bed cover.
> With a flat cover you get one square drop there then another square shape at
> the
> back of the tailgate.
> Another situation would be having the flat cap with the tailgate down. Would
> that maybe ease the flow; could the open area act as a bit of a 'slope'?
> I would wonder about vents in the cover, but would that run afoul of the 'no
> aerodynamic advantage' rule?
> Hmmm...
> Cheers,
> Rick
>
> "Clay, Dale" wrote:
>
>> I remember some years back there was a factory S10 pickup
>> and it had a cover on the rear half of the bed only. Seem to remember
>> something in one of the mags about that equalizing the pressure on the
>> tailgate somehow.
>>
>> Dale C.
>>
>> Subject: Re: lightning
>>
>> Mike, Skip,
>> (Skip, the lightening is an F150 stepside, 5.4L with a
>> supercharger. One of the
>> mags did a fun comparison between it and a corvette when it
>> came out ;-)
>> It looks like it would be modified because of the
>> supercharger, and it would be
>> bumped up two classes in motor to A, so you would be up
>> against normally asp. 460s
>> etc.
>>
>> They allow flat box caps, as well as dropped or removed
>> tailgates. OK
>> aerodynamicists; here's a question; Which option is
>> cleaner??
>>
>> They say covers are allowed as long as they are 'no higher
>> than the edge of the
>> pickup bed...aftermarket bed caps are allowed but must not
>> allow any aerodynamic
>> advantage'.
>>
>> Could your 'tarp or panel' start behind the cab at the top
>> of the box and slope
>> down to the rear edge of the box? (maybe a few inches ahead
>> for a 'lip'?) That's
>> my instinctive idea as the cleanest.
>> Cheers,
>> Rick
>> (plain old 4.6l F150)
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