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California98Civic · 12-22-2017, 09:28 AM

For fuel economy think differently. Instead of lift reduction (which is what race spoilers are about), which induces drag, try for drag reduction. Go for flat spoilers or trip spoilers like you see on fuel economy cars, such as the Prius or Civic hybrid. Like this, maybe: https://www.autocar.co.uk/sites/auto...?itok=Dq-1iGJ7

12-22-2017, 09:28 AM	#4 (permalink)
California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,172 Times in 1,469 Posts	For fuel economy think differently. Instead of lift reduction (which is what race spoilers are about), which induces drag, try for drag reduction. Go for flat spoilers or trip spoilers like you see on fuel economy cars, such as the Prius or Civic hybrid. Like this, maybe: https://www.autocar.co.uk/sites/auto...?itok=Dq-1iGJ7 __________________ 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.