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Originally Posted by aardvarcus
This vehicle will be for daily driving and moderate off-road use.............
Belly Pan/ Skid plates (1/4” Aluminum)
Tire Spats (Conveyor Belt)........
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Personally, I would go with a 3"-4" conveyor belt chin spoiler and rear box cavity - no belly pan.
A full 1/4" aluminum belly pan that you describe in later posts sounds heavy, really heavy.
https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...car-33237.html
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Originally Posted by aerohead
Here's a rendering of a quasi-commercial setup which combines the wing and box into an aerodynamic boattail/box-cavity/storage container.
It rolls up to the SUV/wagon receiver hitch on four castor'd pogos,which rise and stow into the belly while on the road.
3-4 mpg.
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https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...ded-36151.html
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Originally Posted by mannydantyla
Conclusions
The experiment wasn't perfect and is certainly not rigorous by any stretch of the imagination. I wish the road was longer, the wind didn't shift, I had cruise control, there was less traffic at my turnaround point, the app didn't crash during the second C run, etc.
But I'm fairly confident that making a permanent version of this out of sheet metal could get me around 1 mpg better then before, and possible even more at higher speeds. The open ended kammback is a go!
What do you think?
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