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Another alternative to front wheel well covers would be a fairing that continues the body contour the point of contact with the tire, but make the last inch or two soft, perhaps brushes. You want to consider not just the aerodrag of the wheel but also the ventilation drag, which has been shown to be important to total drag in some applications. Full disc covers are good, but sometimes slightly vented covers are better because of how they address ventilation drag. Something similar is also probably true of wheel well covers, though the specific application would have to be tested to know what works best... one can also always guess!
Btw, too, the tail is a little fast, I think. You might look up some spoiler tests Julain Edgar posted here on EM (& probably on his YouTube channel). He claims good results on a Gen1 Insight, so probably worth a look.
Fabulous car.
Start a fuel economy log here so we can watch the progress?
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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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Reason: three typos! Shame!!
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