2010 Prius belly pan set up - Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum

ALS · 09-09-2009, 08:42 AM

If you would like to see the factory belly pan set up on the 2010 Prius (.25 Cd) here are some pictures for your amusement. From a poster over at Prius Chat. Not 56K friendly

2010 Prius belly pan

Daox · 09-09-2009, 08:50 AM

Oooh pretty. Thanks for posting that.

gone-ot · 09-09-2009, 09:31 AM

...If you'll pardon the pun...they're groovey!

TomO · 09-09-2009, 11:09 AM

Any way to get a horizontal shot while it's on the lift so we can see how flat it looks ?

ALS · 09-09-2009, 11:20 AM

We only get what was posted on another forum.

Here are smaller versions in the original thread that may help you out.

photos-taken-bottom-my-prius

Sulfuric · 09-09-2009, 12:03 PM

If I remember correctly there is a Mercedes Benz that has large sheet metal underbody, and it looked much smoother than this. It may have been a race car though. The one that gets 14mpg at 200mph, I think. Cool pics though.

lunarhighway · 09-09-2009, 01:01 PM

those grooves at the sides remind me if this

btw here's some shots of a merc c class for comparison

maybe we could start a thead on these views for various low drag cars...

gone-ot · 09-09-2009, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lunarhighway

those grooves at the sides remind me if this

...

...that's what I (vaguely) recall seeing once upon a time, ie: the "bathtub" shape of open-wheel Indy and Formula cars.

solarguy · 09-09-2009, 07:50 PM

I'm surprised at how aero-dirty it still is. The mercedes looks somewhat better.

Interesting.

thanks,

troy

gone-ot · 09-09-2009, 08:50 PM

...might be "...interesting..." project to simply "foam" the whole bottom and then 'hot-wire' shave the whole bottom flat, just to see just how "smooth" you need things.