Re: Re: RE: Re: Riceboy Definition - Neuspeed?

From: Miles Harris (spikes_duall@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Feb 09 2001 - 16:58:30 EST


Thanks for the information. Any idea what the optimal number of stickers
are? I'd like to know how many I can stick on my truck to get the maximum
gain. Would I still be able to tell that I have a silver truck?

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Miles Harris III
Simi Valley, CA
01 Silver Dakota CC Sport, 2.5L, 5speed
01 Gold Saturn SC1 (3 door coupe) 1.9L SOC, 4speed auto
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Jon Steiger <jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote in article <9043A0ECCjondakotatrucknet@64.6.225.6>... > spikes_duall@hotmail.com ("Miles Harris") wrote in > <01c092cf$dfb46140$e8f34a3f@miles.karmanltd>: > > >I assume you are referring to the K&N sticker adding 200 RW HP. If so > >won't two stickers get you 400 RW HP > > If only it were so! Unfortunately, its not a linear relationship. :-( Two > stickers will only net you about 350 additional hp. Three stickers is around > 450-500hp as opposed to 600. Eventually you reach a point of diminishing

> marginal returns, and the additional drag and weight of the stickers start to > have an effect. There's no such thing as a free lunch. :-( > > -- > > -Jon- > > .---- Jon Steiger ----- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@twistedbits.net ------. > | Affiliations: AOPA, DoD, EAA, NMA, NRA, SPA, USUA; Rec & UL Pilot - SEL | > | '92 Ram 150 4x4 V8, '96 Dakota V8, '96 Intruder 1400, '96 FireFly 447 | > `------------------------------ http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/ ----' > :) >



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