We are kicked out of work for 4th of July week so I'm taking the opportunity to go back to MN to get the truck and drive it to my new place in Detroit. This means aeromodding.
I've been thinking about work vs. payoff on the 750 mile trip which, at 15mpg, will cost about $200- the same as an Amtrak ticket. If I bump it up to 16mpg (6% better) I'll save 1.8 gallons and $7. At 17mpg (13% better) I'll save 6 gallons and ~$24. Remember, I have to buy lead fuel additive as well.
I really don't think it's going to be practical to get more than 15% increase with the week I've got at home. It's also going to be carrying my Schwinn Hornet and some random crap.
Tentative plan is: half tonneau cover, deep front air dam, wheel skirts, passenger mirror delete, partial grille block(without covering any of the radiator). Also, oil/filter change, coolant flush, make sure stuff's working.
Does anyone else have some ideas? I'm looking at probably breaking even after doing these mods. The air dam will probably stay on long-term. Tonneau, maybe. Am I missing anything?
EDIT- the mirror mounts are so simple on this thing that I could probably build up a small bullet shaped convex mirror and save quite a bit of frontal area and Cd. With 1961 truck technology, I'm going to need all the help I can get.
I'll do some googling, but does anyone know if using E0 gas will be worth the money in an old vehicle like this? (352 V8)
