View Single Post
Old 08-21-2009, 04:36 PM   #135 (permalink)
MetroMPG
Batman Junior
 
MetroMPG's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 12,531

Blackfly - '98 Metro
Team Metro
90 day: 67.07 mpg (US)

ForkenSwift - '92 Metro EV
90 day: 125.37 mpg (US)

U.F.O. - '00 Insight
Team Honda
90 day: 85.75 mpg (US)
Thanks: 300
Thanked 1,016 Times in 566 Posts
I think you should expand the plexiglass at the front of the car to effectively make it just slightly bigger than the full projected area of the car. Thus, airflow will completely avoid the car body, minimizing interference drag - yet forward vision will be preserved!

You may need a few large brackets to accompish this.

You're welcome!

---

OK, OK. Your idea can't hurt. It might possibly lower the stagnation point as well, and more air over & around is usually better. I'd pay attention to the outside "edges" - make sure there's a radius, not a hard corner at the transition to the hood & sides of the headlights. Hucho will tell you you don't need much - half an inch radius, like the leading hood edge of the VW Rabbit (Golf 1) is enough to retain attached flow.
__________________
Latest project: removable Geo Metro boat tail
Latest test: Massive cardboard air dam on a Geo Metro


www.MetroMPG.com - fuel efficiency info for Geo Metro owners
www.ForkenSwift.com - electric car conversion on a beer budget
  Reply With Quote