Pickup bed covers in competition in Stock

bill dedman · 10-15-2008, 02:39 PM

Jim W.,

I'm glad I finally wrote something uyou were comfortable agreeing with.

My original intention with this thread's starter note, was to try to find out some SOLID information about the tailgate "up", or "down" issue to settle an argument I'd been having.

Unfortunately, I didn't make that very clear, and the only information I got was from Bill Howell, who said it ran faster (with the tailgate "up"), but not quicker, which did my argument no good, whatsoever.

If it runs faster, shouldn't it also run at least, SOMEWHAT quicker, considering that all other things were unchanged??? Bill said it didn't, but, I'm wondering if he ignored the change if it were negligible.

I realize that this isn't going to improve the e.t. by much... MAYBE a half a hundredth.... or, even less... It was just for the sake of argument, because I see trucks running both ways, all the time.

I really don't care about the bed cover issue, one way or the other, but I think bed covers might be better, aerodynamically, than an open bed, regardless of the tailgate position.

NHRA doesn't seem to care, either, which is certainly fine with me. Not an issue worth debating, even, I would think. I was just curious...

10-15-2008, 02:39 PM	#34
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Pickup bed covers in competition in Stock Jim W., I'm glad I finally wrote something uyou were comfortable agreeing with. My original intention with this thread's starter note, was to try to find out some SOLID information about the tailgate "up", or "down" issue to settle an argument I'd been having. Unfortunately, I didn't make that very clear, and the only information I got was from Bill Howell, who said it ran faster (with the tailgate "up"), but not quicker, which did my argument no good, whatsoever. If it runs faster, shouldn't it also run at least, SOMEWHAT quicker, considering that all other things were unchanged??? Bill said it didn't, but, I'm wondering if he ignored the change if it were negligible. I realize that this isn't going to improve the e.t. by much... MAYBE a half a hundredth.... or, even less... It was just for the sake of argument, because I see trucks running both ways, all the time. I really don't care about the bed cover issue, one way or the other, but I think bed covers might be better, aerodynamically, than an open bed, regardless of the tailgate position. NHRA doesn't seem to care, either, which is certainly fine with me. Not an issue worth debating, even, I would think. I was just curious... __________________ Bill