OK, this may be totally frivolous, but I was driving home at 70mph last night against a 40mph headwind, wondering if there is anything I can do to improve the 123 wagon's aerodynamics. Only thing that came to mind was a front air dam, as I've heard that a relatively large percentage of the drag on any car comes from the undercarriage. Two questions: 1) Are functional aftermarket air dams still available for 123s? I know racers used them some time ago. 2) Anybody know whether they might improve mileage on the hwy? Thanks, Karl in DC
--------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Showcase holiday pictures in hardcover Photo Books. You design it and well bind it! From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jan 15 12:05:09 2006 Received: from mxa.windwireless.net ([199.164.167.40]) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Ey6dB-0007FJ-M5 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:05:09 +0000 Received: from dogear.com (IP-206-63-94-251.progress.wi-fi.windwireless.net [206.63.94.251] (may be forged)) by mxa.windwireless.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k0FC5Sfv018115; Sun, 15 Jan 2006 04:05:28 -0800 Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 04:05:05 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) From: Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) X-Virus-Scan: smtp-vilter X-SMTP-Vilter-Version: 1.1.0rc2 X-SMTP-Vilter-Backend: Clam AntiVirus Daemon (clamd) X-SMTP-Vilter-Status: clean X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0rc4 (mxa.windwireless.net [199.164.167.40]); Sun, 15 Jan 2006 04:05:28 -0800 (PST) X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] 123 air dam X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:05:10 -0000 > OK, this may be totally frivolous, but I was driving home at 70mph > last night against a 40mph headwind, wondering if there is anything I > can do to improve the 123 wagon's aerodynamics. Only thing that came > to mind was a front air dam, as I've heard that a relatively large > percentage of the drag on any car comes from the undercarriage. Two > questions: I'm no boy racer, but my understanding was that air dams were all about reducing lift on a car at high speeds by making more of a vacuum underneath. I've experienced such lift on my Camaro (which has an air dam) at around 140 mph. Scared straight! -- Jim