'99 Subaru Outback Grill Block Attempt!

[SwamiSalami]

Hello fellow ecomodders,
since it's gotten cold again, I've noticed a significant difference in my mpg action. it takes forever for my car to even warm up and sometimes it never really gets up to temp at all. Thought I should attempt to put up a lower grill block. I know I know it's certainly not perfect, and I had to leave a small space on one side for my deployable block heater plug, but don't be too hard on me...I'm trying!

[Joris]

If it's not heating up, get a new thermostat in there!

[jedi_sol]

Looks good to me!

[SwamiSalami]

yea, it seems like this mod has already had a level of negative effect on suseptibility to heavy winds. is this normal. is it harder to handle a car that's more air tight in this way? i guess it would make sense.

[aerohead]

I've not run across any mention of handling issues associated with grille modifications.Even EVs with totally sealed front ends.
Would you describe the new behavior asitch ?
-------------------------------------- roll ?
-------------------------------------- yaw ?

[jedi_sol]

I"ve never had any "handling" issues with only a simple grill block mod

For the sake of curiosity, have you tried removing the grill block to see if the handling issues went away?

[pink]

These single-wheel trailers look interesting. I wonder if I could get exempt of road fees with one where I live.