2000 Dodge Neon aero mods

[2000neon]

Thanks guys! We just got some fresh snow on the ground so when it clears up a little bit I will climb underneath it and get going with the belly pan. I would love to get a scangauge, hopefully I will pick one up shortly.

Thanks sven, the el Camino is my main vehicle, the neon is just more of a commuter and winter car, and gets a lot of the daily driving to school and back. The El Camino actually pulls down almost 17 mpgs when I keep my foot out of it. Which I am pretty happy with, considering its a 355" V8, no overdrive 3 speed auto, 3.73 gears in the back and can run 105 mph in the 1/4 mile.It has only run a best of 13.2 s seconds though, traction is a major issue on street tires, and the factory torque converter is definitely holding it back, I would love to get a 2600 converter under there and aim for 12's!

[2000neon]

Last tank of gas was 39.2 mpg, although I had a lot of city driving on that tank. There is definitely an improvement,although it is tough to judge exactly how much it's better. On a mostly highway driving tank, I think 42 should be achievable.

[MetroMPG]

3 speed automatic transmission?? That's respectable mileage for a slushbox! (Does it even have lock-up?)

Are you figuring MPG in US gallons or Imperial?

Any plans for a Kammback?

[2000neon]

Yup it's a 3 speed, with a lock up converter. Those figures there are in US gallons, I'm pretty sure I did the conversion right, for my own personal use I use l/100km and imperial mpg. I was actually looking at the car today figuring out ideas for a kammback although that is a little bit away still I think.

If someone doesn't mind, would it be possible for someone to overlay the aero template on a second generation 4 door neon? I suck with computers, and searching for one. Isn't turning anything up. If it's too much trouble I fully understand.

[2000neon]

I have also just swapped the winter tires for some 185/65/15 all seasons, did a front end alignment, and will be changing the plugs soon too. The temperature just jumped too, was around 2/3'C, and now a week later we are hitting 20! Definitely hoping to break my own personal records on the next few tanks.

[2000neon]

Here is an update as to what I have been doing:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post308862




I updated my front end as well and revised my grill opening, the upper grill is now 100% blocked.

[2000neon]

Also proud to report that the summer weather has helped with new personal bests, 45.7 mpg US!

[2000neon]

I know that it has been a while since I have updated this thread, but I have a good update coming tonight after work.

I decided to go all out with a kammback, which led to this lively discussion in another thread:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...k-23016-8.html

I was able to get a ton of progress done on it, and it is almost done, I am really excited with it so far, but more on that tonight!

[Gealii]

Nice results can't wait to start doing more mods to my car, only spending the money that i would save according to the fuel logs money saved over combined mpgs. I see 2 drops in mpgs summer being highest then with school rite now im seeing an instant 5mpg drop and i'm sure it'll be more in the winter.

As far as your Camino very nice, remember tires are a good part of drag racing even just putting slicks on the rear increase your time by a good amount
Can't wait to get a Torino fastback to start restoring

[2000neon]

Yeah so far I have been only trying to do mods that will pay for themselves.

As for the El Camino, I finally got a few high 12's under my belt. I borrowed a set of my buddies 295/50r/15, and in one night I made three back to back runs in the 12s. The fastest was 12.781 @ 106.2 mph. Since this is the aerodynamic forum, I should mention that I consistently get my best trap speed mph with the tailgate DOWN. I suspect the low roofline causes the tailgate to stick above the template line when it's up.

I'm on my blackberry, so I will switch to the desktop and start adding some pictures of my kammback this far.