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Old 06-20-2020, 01:01 PM   #71 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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... Sealing those gaps will be easier than with the current rims. Just like cleaning! Looking forward to it! ...
You might experiment with leaving the inner third of the holes open to imitate wheel designs that sometimes perform about as well or better than fully covered wheels in wind tunnel tests. More brake cooling would be a side benefit, but the main purpose of retaining a small opening seems to be reducing wheel well ventilation drag. No guarantee it works better for you, and no real precise way to test whether it works better for your car, given our equipment. But if you like the look better...

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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.



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