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Old 04-24-2012, 12:30 AM   #7 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Nice tester! Bold. Big gain to go with it. Design reminds me of the cardboard airdam I built with students as a proof of concept for them. We saw big gains too. Your design reminds me of the Insight at this year's "Green Grand Prix" ... here's a photo from that thread:


When you redesign maybe you might imitate this bolt pattern. But be aware. This low you are gonna scrape every dip and hit every parking block. I raised my airdam an inch or two to avoid that. It was a pain.

Great stuff though!
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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