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[Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine] Ecomodder.com’s Darin Cosgrove recently added this 1.37 tailpiece to his Pontiac Firefly to improve its drag coefficient from 0.34 to 0.23 and its fuel efficiency by 15.1 percent at 90kmh (56mph).

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[The Auto Zones] Aerodynamic long tail improves fuel efficiency 15 percent: Ecomodder.com’s Darin Cosgrove recently added this 1.37 tailpiece to his Pontiac Firefly to improve its drag coefficient from 0.34 to 0.23 and its fuel efficiency by 15.1 percent at 90kmh (56mph)…

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[EcoModder Blog] EcoModder Takes Home 3 Wins at the Green Grand Prix | Hypermiling ...: 1998 Pontiac Firefly (aka Geo Metro): Darin Cosgrove (MetroMPG) took home 1st place in category 10, which housed all the out of production and weirdo vehicles. Although there was not a prize for it, he and his heavily ecomodded Firefly were recorded at 99.7 mpg and got the best fuel economy of any vehicle at the .

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[increaseMPG.com] Aerodynamic long tail improves fuel efficiency 15 percent - Gizmag: Ecomodder.com's Darin Cosgrove recently added this 1.37 tailpeice to his Pontiac Firefly to improve its drag coefficient from 0.34 to 0.23 and its fuel efficiency by 15.1 percent at 90 kmh (56mph). While windtunnels have long been .

[Offshore Jobs And News From Around The TInternet] DIY 'Boat Tail' Gives Little Car Big Fuel Economy | Offshore Jobs ...: Cosgrove, the founder of the hypermiling site Ecomodder.com, used cardboard, aluminum and duct tape to extend the back end of his 1998 Pontiac Firefly – as the Geo Metro is known in Canada –

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