View Single Post
Old 09-06-2014, 03:39 PM   #60 (permalink)
Joris
EcoModding Apprentice
 
Join Date: May 2014
Location: The Netherlands
Posts: 114

Volvo 360 - '85 Volvo 360

Peugeot - '01 Peugeot 306
Thanks: 47
Thanked 96 Times in 34 Posts
Somewhere on here there is a topic about sharp edges and kammbacks. If I remember right the ideal curve was around 4" or something. So that is why the edges are rounded off. It would have been way easier to make something square, but I think this works and looks better to.

I'm not exactly sure how much the tailbox helped my mileage, but I think it is somewhere between 1.5 to 2.5 MPG. I do notice it when the tailbox is not on the car.

I now drive without the tailbox and without full wheelcovers (because of work), and I can feel that the car has more trouble fighting trough head-on and crosswinds. I also noticed that my vacuum gauge is reading lower than with the wheelcovers and tailbox. They make a notable difference.
  Reply With Quote
The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to Joris For This Useful Post:
aerohead (09-24-2014), bespurcell (11-22-2014), Cd (11-21-2014), deejaaa (09-06-2014), Pepperoni (09-16-2014)