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Old 07-20-2020, 11:35 AM   #85 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Here are some pictures of yesterday's "progress." I carefully removed the metal near the front of where the taper starts because that area needs compound curved. I also started to do a few cuts on the inside where I know things need removed. Spend most of the time looking/planning more so than cutting at this point.
Looking like commitment. I like it. How are you going to accomplish compound curves? Asking for a friend...

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A minor update, after stripping the interior and removing the fuel tank the angle grinder came out and removed the rear doors. ...
"Minor"!

Nice to see an ambitious mod make progress. I agree with aerohead in an earlier post: you can with these somewhat harder edges get some significantly lower drag.

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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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