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the aztek was indeed radical....makes me wonder what they were thinking
As far as how much of a brick i have hanging down below the bumper, its not like i can see it from a close distance, but if you look down, the transaxle and engine drain pans are definitely hanging down below the bumper (there is no factory air dam, like you would find in some other vehicles). And while the inside noise at highway speed isn't unbearable, it certainly is there. This old girl also has a solid rear axle hanging in the way that I'm thinking no amount of shackling can fix.
I'm going to get those iridium plugs ASAP. With it having a distributor instead of a coil pack, this van needs all the help she can get.
as far as a boattail, I wonder why a partial boattail wouldn't help my wannabe aerodynamic brick push through the air a bit easier. While playing with the aerodynamics simulator, a partial kammack on the top and bottom seemed to help. I've noticed there seems to be no mention of a kammack on the bottom of the rear of a vehicle. Why should the back bumper be less important than the roofline? On the Prius, I've notice what looked a bit like a splitter on the bottom of the back bumper. Anyone else figured that out? I think studying the aerodynamics of new vehicles should be a big part of this site. Let the bigwigs spend the money, while we copy them for a lot less
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