my jeep's new aero mod

[johnpr]

ok so i had a long trip last weekend and said to myself, "john, you drive a brick, lets see if we can't make it any more aerodynamic" i had already left the house and didnt have any tools with me so being the problem solver i am i found the nearest snow bank and proceeded to ram into it (ok not really ram but more of a drive into at 15mph) i came away from the snow bank with a giant block of snow sitting on my front bumper and spent a few minutes sculpting it. long story short i ended up wit a wedge shape ontop of my bumper, the next morning (after having already arrived at my destination) i was surprised at how much snow was left on my front bumper and thought some of you guys might get a kick out of it. honestly it helped my fuel mileage tremendously ( a trip which normally takes around a quarter of a tank only took a little over 1/8th so not bad. as you can see from the pictures the snow did wear down quite a bit so it wasn't consistent for the fuel savings.

now kind of along those same thoughts i have been considering making a new front bumper and grill guard that would be aerodynamically shaped and have a removable Plexiglas shield. any thoughts?

john

[MetroMPG]

That's funny.

You probably slightly improved the shape of the front of the Jeep, but more importantly you blocked a lot of unnecessary airflow through the grille - probably the biggest benefit.

Do you keep track of your fuel consumption tank by tank?

[zjrog]

More Jeeps?

[MetroMPG]

More Jeeps! You guys have to start doing your fuel logs. I want to know who's winning.

[johnpr]

in my 20 gallon tank i average 350 miles, that little aero mod didn't last a full tank so i cant give a full tank measurement

[MetroMPG]

What I was wondering was whether you keep a record of each fill up. Not for this mod specifically.

[BrianAbington]

maybe we can get a sticy thread for us to log our fill ups.

[MetroMPG]

That's what the garage & fuel log is for!

[s2man]

hehehe

[BrianAbington]

well I am new here...sorry