Belly Pan slowing me down

[MazdaMatt]

I am pretty sure that my Del Sol and my Prot5 both feed hot in the top.

[wdb]

Originally Posted by wildfire8

What do you mean by buffeting at highway speeds? My coast down has gone up slightly. Lets me coast a little bit longer with out losing to much speed. Cornering I have not noticed cuz my car has some body role and I am not always cornering hard.

By 'buffeting' I mean that the car gets jostled by wind gusts, being passed by large trucks, or being in the 'wake' of a large vehicle such as a tractor-trailer. In my Fit the car is much less susceptible to those kinds of things since the addition of the front undertray.

I noticed longer coast down as well.

[wildfire8]

Originally Posted by wdb

By 'buffeting' I mean that the car gets jostled by wind gusts, being passed by large trucks, or being in the 'wake' of a large vehicle such as a tractor-trailer. In my Fit the car is much less susceptible to those kinds of things since the addition of the front undertray.

I noticed longer coast down as well.

Have not had any of that. My car weighs about 2780 lb's so just heavy enough to not get thrown around by heavy wind or passing semis.

[Cd]

Very, very professional job on the bellypan !
Now I'm inspired to re-do mine using Coroplast instead of aluminum. ( I always had a fear that coroplast would melt, but I have seen enough of you guys using it to think otherwise. )

[wildfire8]

Originally Posted by Cd

Very, very professional job on the bellypan !
Now I'm inspired to re-do mine using Coroplast instead of aluminum. ( I always had a fear that coroplast would melt, but I have seen enough of you guys using it to think otherwise. )

Thank you.
One spot on mine got a little warped by the heat of my flex pipe on the exhaust but its fine. If you do use coroplast just make sure there is a 1 to 2 inch space between the exhaust and the coroplast. I will take a pic of the spot on mine to show you. Other then that its work perfectly.

[winkosmosis]

Originally Posted by Cd

Very, very professional job on the bellypan !
Now I'm inspired to re-do mine using Coroplast instead of aluminum. ( I always had a fear that coroplast would melt, but I have seen enough of you guys using it to think otherwise. )

Why redo it? In some places, near exhaust pipes, plastic does melt.

[chize]

Originally Posted by sepp

just a question, you say that the front blocks made your temps go up. i suppose thats from reading your scangauge? but im interested to know if you also notice that your standard car temp needle or whatever is higher than usual? i would be interested to know that, as i have blocked my entire front and my temp needle stays at the verry same position as where it used to be before. but i don't have a scangauge to doublecheck.

In most cars especially newer ones the temp gauge doesn't actually show the real temp. it will sit in one spot as long as the car is in its comfortable operating range. this is to keep your average driver from freaking out in situations where the temp unavoidably swings up (ie. after getting off the highway,etc.). This means you can only use most temp gauges to tell your if the car is cold, warmed up, or overheating.

[wildfire8]

Sorry no updates in a while been busy. Not much changes on mods. Just trying different set ups with the bumper and grill block. Temps have been up and down. Hard to tell what was working the best. The end half of this last tank I took them both off only had the belly pan on. But I did change my intake back to how I had it before ecomodding. It sucks in hotter air now.

The tank before last drove 507miles and got 35.54mpg. First time driving 500+ miles on a tank.
Last tank drove 501miles and got 37.193mpg. I filled up and it stopped early so I did one squeeze to top it off and it quickly stopped again. I was surprised.

[leftlink]

Thanks for the info on the Hyundai. I just got a 2004 GT which I believe is basically the same car.

It seems to me that the rear wiper blade is unnecessary and removing it will add a bit of aerodynamics. Have you done this and did u notice the difference?

[wildfire8]

Originally Posted by leftlink

Thanks for the info on the Hyundai. I just got a 2004 GT which I believe is basically the same car.

It seems to me that the rear wiper blade is unnecessary and removing it will add a bit of aerodynamics. Have you done this and did u notice the difference?

The only difference in our cars is the front bumper. Yours have flat fog lights if you have them. Mine has less aero pointy fog lights. I have not taken the rear wiper off yet. I have wanted to try it. But I am thinking to make a kamber back so it would cover the wiper anyways.

What kind of mpg are you getting out of you elantra?