Ecomodding Infographic - I'd like to make one! - Page 2 - Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum

SvdM · 01-10-2012, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Sven7

Those graphics look good but I think most people come here wanting to save gas, and the drag reduction % doesn't mean a whole lot to them. If you can give an estimate of a % increase in MPG it will have more impact.

I agree. Perhaps someone can share some light on figures one might come to expect from certain % increases in drag reduction.

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Originally Posted by Sven7

I'd be down for doing a line drawing exploded view of all the common aeromods on a car and common materials to use for them. Then you could trace over it in Illustrator to make your vector. It probably isn't necessary to go into the history of aerodynamics.

I was thinking of this the first time around I wanted to do something. It'll be a nice 'summary' of everything. I do like the deeper knowledge too... it back's up the summary, so I'd like to keep going with them.

You are welcome to send a sketch, I'll try my best at tracing it and then offering it here.

Sven7 · 01-10-2012, 03:20 AM

OK, I'll try to find a little time to draw one up.

SvdM · 01-10-2012, 03:22 AM

No rush... You see how long it took me to just get to those pics...

*edit: AFAIK it seems that a drag reduction of (say) 10% roughly equates to a fuel reduction about half that (5%), but I can remember where it's stated and I've also not really scratched into any of the formulas.

I guess my vision for the infographic(s) is to be a good intro that gradually leads towards the more fanatical. It seems the longer one is on this site, the more fanatical one becomes

euromodder · 01-10-2012, 05:43 AM

Lowering the tailgate on a pick-up truck increases drag, rather than lowering it.

SvdM · 01-10-2012, 07:01 AM

@ euromodder: Check again, it's stated as such ('-' is the penalty here). It's a copy of a diagram I found in the threads here - not sure which book it comes from.

*I see it sticks over just a little to the positive side, but only slightly... I'll fix that in the program (comes from a line thickness setting).

euromodder · 01-10-2012, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by SvdM

@ euromodder: Check again, it's stated as such ('-' is the penalty here). It's a copy of a diagram I found in the threads here - not sure which book it comes from.

You're right - the diagram is about drag reduction , so a negative reduction, is an increase .

My bad