Aero hub caps

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they are being painted (you missed them, they were 12 feet from your car.

At your MPG you might just catch up to me..... HA HA HA

[Otto]

Anybody looked at using hub cap clips scrounged from plain old hubcaps, now attached to pizza pans?

[cfg83]

Otto -

Originally Posted by Otto

Anybody looked at using hub cap clips scrounged from plain old hubcaps, now attached to pizza pans?

Here's one :

The new 2004 Toyota Prius - My own hubcap


CarloSW2

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Update:
This morning I made covers for the back wheels:



with rear wheel skirts to:



I did some ABA testing today..... results show a 1.48 MPG gain!
A= 45.15
B=46.54
A2 = 44.98

I had not expected this much gain for a $15 mod!

I have all the data but need to make a nice file (and graphs) yet, I will post that up when I have it done!

[rav]

Looks really nice!!

[rav]

Got any more close up pics of the kammback?

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Originally Posted by rav

Got any more close up pics of the kammback?

yep in this thread:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...rix-14150.html

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Testing data update:

Raw data:


Graph:

[Weather Spotter]

Originally Posted by rav

Got any more close up pics of the kammback?

Here is a better thread, it is my how to on my Kammback:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...k-14159-3.html

[cycleguy]

Wow, I am surprised it made that much of a difference. Nice job! Now I really want to finish my aero hub caps. BTW, I like your Kammback and skirts.