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Originally Posted by JasonG
WOW, nice build thread on toyotanation, shame they killed your ecomodder.com link. 
Can you explain the reason you skinned the top of the belly pan? Where is that air flowing from?
Sorry for missing it but, what was your before and after MPG for the skirts/belly pan?
I am working on a proposal for my boss, our bricks do ~40K miles a year but need to look "normal" so this may go over better than my Kamm back idea. |
My fuel log...
I think I was just barely breaking 20mpg before I started the aero mods. The first thing was the air dam and then the belly pan/side skirts. I just started with the rear pan/diffuser this past trip.
Reason fer skinning the top of the belly pan was to make sure I had belly pan structural strength and smoother air flow fer between the body and belly pan. I also needed a radiant barrier fer the bottom coroplast skin so skinning the top fit the bill.
The air flow will eventually be tunneled from the front (radiator)/lower grill openings to the rear along the exhaust system. I still have to button up the sides of the frame so the wheels git their own air tunnel.
I might try out a side skirt setup where it's just flush to the bottom of the belly pan. We'll see...