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Old 10-02-2013, 12:41 AM   #38 (permalink)
UltArc
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Current Plan: Complete driver mirror by end of the week. Within next two weeks, complete Honda dealership inspection, and after the inspection, the underbody will be completed. When I get to pulling the UG out of the Mustang, I may just check the codes myself, but I still want to make sure the underbody looks good.

After that, I will make a rear plate to come out of the rear, to keep the air above and below separate. I may put a plate on the rear, and eventually it will be a boattail, but one step at a time.

1. Driver interior mirror install.
2. Driver exterior mirror removal.
3. Honda inspection.
4. Underbody.
5. Rear flat plate.
1. Done, 2nd time the charm? We'll see in the morning.
2. Been done, but now the inside filled with window Great Foam, and outside cavity w/ GF. This is covered w/ rubberized polycarbonate.
3. Saturday, 0800-1400.
4. After 3.
5. Started development! What was originally going to be used as a boattail/kammback for the Mustang is now going on the Insight as a flat rear panel(who am I kidding, this is the base for the boattail).

Basic checklist:
Upper grille block
Lower ""
Driver exterior mirror delete
Passenger ""
Rear wiper delete

New plan:
1. Rear flat panel
2. Honda Inspection
3. Underbody
4. Partial air dam
5. Side skirts

In the think tank: Grooving underbody to direct air straight back, Prius diffuser, decreasing hood/wind screen angle. Thinking of underbody as all aluminum, brain tsunami on directing air straight back & side skirt design.

Images to follow in the coming days. Just filled up the Mustang (about 50-100 miles early to get summer blend), saw just over 40.

Edit:
Tank was actually 39.55, updated.
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Mustang - 54.83 mpg (US) at the Green Grand Prix
Insight - 82.91966 mpg (US) over 818.5 miles.

Last edited by UltArc; 10-02-2013 at 01:29 AM.. Reason: Bad math :(
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