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Created a new thread to share my 2020 results
Instead of working on the car, I decided to create a modification thread to share up on modifications and results.
"1999 Acura EL or Civic EX sedan - dropping Cd from 0.33 to below 0,20"
The car improvements over the 21 years I have this car went through 5 phases
1. Finding out the car was actually eco-friendly
2. Searching for means to repeat the best mileage reported
3. Mods inspired by products claims and performance magazines and forums
4. Mods inspired by solid advice : EricTheCarGuy and Autospeed.com (J.Edgar)
5. Aerodynamics mods supported by trials and monitoring data
The thread covers
Mechanical and aerodynamics modifications done to save gas
Modifications testing and instrumentation
Preliminary results for 2020
Using the “throttle stop” method to measure speed increase resulting of mod, results are when computing against the estimated Cd=0.34, for Acura EL 1.6 L, 1999
Adding all the estimated reductions per modification comes to 52,2 %
May be or may be not a real total reduction, if “may be” then means a new Cd= 0.17
Welcome to my mods thread!
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