Ed, if you get a chance please tape some ribbons behind those
louvers and have a friend fly along side and take pictures
with a telephoto lens.

I suspect those are distrubing your boundry layer and 
adding to the drag. IMHO a tradtional bottom outlet
with firewall streamliner might give less drag.

Paul Lamar
 
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