AIR DAM
This afternoon I went in a working frenzy and got my air dam put in after running to the store and getting some bolts and nuts (I used quarter inch diameter by 1 inch length bolts). I drilled holes into the black plastic bumper as I attached each piece of my air dam to the bumper and I overlapped them at the edges to help make them sturdier overall. I then used zip ties to knit them all together after I completely put the all of the pieces together and bolted them on and added the nuts. It turned out great in my opinion. Also, I cut it down about 1 to 1.5 inches to be on the safe side (I did here it scrape once as I was testing it later when I was coming into a parking lot with a small unevenness). Overally, I'm satisfied. Unfortunately, I dont have MPGuino or anything so I have no direct way of testing to see if I have a fuel savings or not so I'm just going to have to wait until the end of this tank to see if I get more than 22mpg.
TOP GRILL BLOCK REVISED
I revised my grill block by repainting it with primer, paint, and clear coat as noted earlier. Today I simply attached it using two large 4" diamater zip ties. Below are the pictures for everything. I hop you all like it.
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if you have a junkyard close by, see if they have an early 90's chevy cavalier they have a flat piece of plastic instead of a grill that might fit your car/ be modified to fit(there's also a lumina version of it)
Nice work! When I had my 93 Luminia Euro, I just took off the upper grille completely and screwed the coroplast in with the original screws - made the turn signals more visible too.
I'm not sure of the terrain in your area, but I was getting just shy of 30 MPG in mine with the 3.1 L MPFI engine. Good luck!
Nice work! When I had my 93 Luminia Euro, I just took off the upper grille completely and screwed the coroplast in with the original screws - made the turn signals more visible too.
I'm not sure of the terrain in your area, but I was getting just shy of 30 MPG in mine with the 3.1 L MPFI engine. Good luck!
I'm assuming you did a lot of highway? I drive in city traffic just about with maybe 20% highway max. I'm averaging about 21 mpg these last 3 tanks for the same usual trips in the city with 20% highway.
I'm assuming you did a lot of highway? I drive in city traffic just about with maybe 20% highway max. I'm averaging about 21 mpg these last 3 tanks for the same usual trips in the city with 20% highway.
Mine was in hilly terrain, but was more "open road" than true city - a lot of 40-55 MPH stuff.
Whether you have an auto or a manual, neutral is your friend. Coast as much as possible!
You can easily reduce the area of the lower air scoop some as well as gap under the Z34 grill. This will give you a better starting point vs the stock setup you have.
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Making 17" coroplast wheel covers for my 14" wheels
I'm making wheel covers for my r14 steel wheels out of coroplast. The diameter of the covers is 17 inches or equal to an r16 rim. I'll be using 14" black UV zip ties that will be able to withstand the sun's rays, 4 on each rim for a total of 16. I will make a standard 5 or 6 inch circular coroplast door for access to the lug nuts and have a zip tie as the hinge and then use velcro strips to have it attach and detach for easy access. I'm going to have to add additional coroplast to the main circle so that I can have the velcro attach to it. Below are pictures of what I have going so far.
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Tonight I finished up making the 7" diameter inner circles with a hinge (made of a zip tie) and velcro to keep it attached. Below are some neat pictures of the final results. You'll notice I used an additional piece of coroplast with a zip tie in the final picture to have some kind of surface in which to attach the velcro to.
Unfortunately, I dont have MPGuino or anything so I have no direct way of testing to see if I have a fuel savings or not so I'm just going to have to wait until the end of this tank to see if I get more than 22mpg. 
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