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MythBusters' Clay Dimple Car (French Dubbed)

submitted by ant

1 decade 4 years 7 months ago

"Look at the car that Adam and Jamie covered in clay and carved dimples out of for aerodynamics!"

From http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/can-you-improve-your-cars-gas-mileage-by-adding-golf-ball-dimples/ ...

6 Comments

Um, so what are the actual results?

Wouldn't the added weight of all that clay ultimately reduce gas mileage?

DarkMatter says...

The gas mileage improved 11% from the un-dimpled car. However, Adam prefaced that result by admitting that the car almost definitely used more gas to get to the speed they were testing it at (65 mph/104.6 kph).

>> ^DarkMatter:
The gas mileage improved 11% from the un-dimpled car. However, Adam prefaced that result by admitting that the car almost definitely used more gas to get to the speed they were testing it at (65 mph/104.6 kph).

But only because the clay was >800 pounds. If the dimples were part of the car's body the car would legitimately get 11% better mpg - that's the way I heard it.

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I couldn't find an English replacement so I used a dubbed French one.

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