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Originally Posted by NismoMax80
um back to your lexan pan....
any details you can help me out with? cutting, attachments, shaping?
awesome work with everything. the screening is very interesting for underneath.
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Urethane Construction Adhesive and large headed sheet metal screws are your friend. The lexan is drilled smaller than the screw, essentially all you do is to make a starter hole. Sometimes I would be screwing into plastic body parts and might not even use a pilot hole just pres hard.
I have cut lexan with a shark exacto type knife but easier to use are large metal sheers Just follow my my felt tip pen tracings. Cut, trim and retrim. Once you get started it becomes easy. I cut a 2" diameter oil drain hole and a 5" oil filter hole.
Looking at my mpg chart there are a couple of abnormalities. Perhaps, and just perhaps the tank of gas with the skirts on was from a dealer selling "small" gallons?? It was the second largest tank fill I have ever had and I did not run it too long after the empty warning light came on. It was a Buffalo station. If it was local I would complain to the authorities. I just don't know. I agree that skirts even sticking out 4 or 6 inches (which they weren't) should not make that much difference.
My last tank of gas is another anomaly. I have a 11.5 to 1 compression ratio and I think that the station was pumping regular for premium.
Heading out on a long trip this week and am leaving the skirts off. Will try and post some mpg figures.