Tailgate Up or Down??
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i leave my tailgate on and up...i won't take it off because i'll get too much wheel spin. i have the hitch off already...with everything on and bone stock i pulled a 13.446 at 103. i'm looking to lighten up the front but leave the seats in...but leave the tailgate on unless you have slicks...
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actually you create a wind vortex with tailgate down and [no tonnue cover ]=with open bed and gate down the air revolves around in a big circle in the back of your bed,you are actually dragging that big continous circle of air it just keeps rotating around in a big circle with gate ,down, with gate up it actually goes out the back of the bed. I know you think it would be just the opissite but it's not
Try this next time your on the highway =if you have a bed mat or rug, watch what the mat does with gate open = it,trys to float around and moves up and down a little, Now put gate closed and mat lays flat=no revolving circle of rotating air , when gate was open you where dragging the big ball of trapped air, it sounds like ,and you always thought the oppisite=gate open less drag,but in reality that's not true.
Try this next time your on the highway =if you have a bed mat or rug, watch what the mat does with gate open = it,trys to float around and moves up and down a little, Now put gate closed and mat lays flat=no revolving circle of rotating air , when gate was open you where dragging the big ball of trapped air, it sounds like ,and you always thought the oppisite=gate open less drag,but in reality that's not true.
Last edited by EXCITED; 05-22-2002 at 02:43 PM.
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What about running with the tailgate OFF and the tonneau cover on???
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Originally posted by topsy
Sounds risky to me, especially with a soft cover. I would bet that a soft cover would get pulled right off the truck, due to the vacuum that I think would be pulled with the cover on, tailgate off. Not sure this would happen with a hard cover, but I wouldn't want to be the first to try it.
Sounds risky to me, especially with a soft cover. I would bet that a soft cover would get pulled right off the truck, due to the vacuum that I think would be pulled with the cover on, tailgate off. Not sure this would happen with a hard cover, but I wouldn't want to be the first to try it.
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