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Originally Posted by mystere485
Hey, I know its a river barge and that it is as areodynamic as a jackfruit...but it was free!
So, I decided to start a thread on the future progress of the aerobarge, and look forward to feed back other than its not possible to get 40mpg.
1994 crown vic lowered | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
The above image is a render of what im aiming for, however the lowering of the car is not to scale.
I figured a partial wheel covering would help without requiring a fender skirt, or would it be best to continue it down as far as i can? Or else, could it be possible to use wheel flares on either side to combat air resistance?
I haven't been under the car as of yet so im not sure about a full lenght belly pan.
One of the suggestions was to get rid of the spare and jack, but I am uncomfortable with driving on long trips without a spare. I thought about mounting a compact spare, under the car, inbetween the belly pan and the trunk floor....(?) thus increasing trunk space as this car will mainly only be used for long distance trips.
planned changes for the near future are: - hot air intake
- underdrive pulley
- 3.08 to 2.76 rear end swap
- frontal belly pan
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hey man
i have a 2003 crown vic interceptor, bought it last year in december
when i bought it i was getting 19 mpg combined, now i get 23 combined
driving about 70 % highway 30% city
modifications i did
-swap the steel wheels 58 lb each with aloy 38lb each
- all LED lights, minus the headlights( planing to do HIDs 35W)
- small belly pan, runing from the front bumper to botom of radiator
-close the gaps in the front, some gaps inbetween headlight cover and body are so large you can stick the thumb in there
-upper grill cover( just a piece of tape)
- weight reduction , took out the spare and jack, all interior carpet in the trunk,back speakers,botom of back seat, the cover from under the back window...junk
.....it all added up to 80 lb, is not much but thats 2% of the weight
-10 watt solar panels,( planing to add 10 w more)
-conada thrusters on back wheels( see the thread "my coanda thrusters" ,
good luck