Dyno'd the Cobra yesterday

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Re: Dyno'd the Cobra yesterday

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That's a huge jump.

This has me scratching my head thinking I might be wasting money because I've never had an alignment done after new tires, rims, and I have no idea what other work has been done. :?

Good luck with the cobra, sounds like it has no problem hauling the mail. :)
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Re: Dyno'd the Cobra yesterday

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MalcolmV8 wrote:Well that was it. Instead of 180 miles to a tank I just got 240 before the fuel light came on. What a massive difference. This last tank was a little over 18 mpg. That's 4.5 mpg increase just from getting a wheel alignment. That's huge. I would have never guessed but really glad that's all it was.

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Re: Dyno'd the Cobra yesterday

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Yeah that's unreal. I'm still amazed at how much drag a bad wheel alignment can create. I'm sure it's magnified by the large wide tires but still.
As soon as I left the alignment shop I could tell immediately how much nicer it drove so clearly my alignment was out quite a bit.
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