Front air blocker, anybody ever get pulled over?

[Memorytwo]

get on freecycle and ask for some plastic trashcans
or even goto home depot and find some broken trash cans.
or go around and yoink corrplast signs from your commute.

there. be a bunch of plastic for your projects.
use that instead of cardboard, and maybe your parents may not care.

[bomber991]

Yeah if you would have put 5.47 gallons of gas in instead of 5.22 then you would of had the same mpg as before. It's not unreasonable for the gas pump to put in 0.25 gallons less of fuel.

[Tahoe_Hybrid]

Originally Posted by basjoos

I've been pulled over 7 times so far, mainly by cops curious about my car. They'll pull me over for some trivial reason, then after going through the license/registration/insurance routine, pop the question they were itching to ask, "What's all the stuff on the car for?", or "What kind of car is this?" Never received a ticket after satisfying the cop's curiousity.

tell them it makes it go FASTER
You had it at 250mph on the salt flats in the desert

[Tahoe_Hybrid]

Originally Posted by MechEngVT

That's illegal here in VA too but does it stop me? I would say it's pretty hard to get caught doing this unless you have the misfortune of being unable to restart and/or re-engage drive when you are in the immediate vicinity of a municipality-armed revenue generator.

For you my concern would be your transmission's ability to survive EOC in neutral. Most autos require that the input shaft be powered by the engine to run the fluid pump to circulate ATF for lubrication and cooling. My 5spd manual spins gears in a bath of motor oil and ropes/splashes itself lubed. That's a world of difference right there...I would neutral-coast in an auto (most pumps turn in N but not P btw) but only EOC in a manual.

I got a electrical AUX pump i have ran it for miles in neutral boosted the mpg of this old tired v8 rig to 27mpg the AUX pumps are cheap if they go out i also got a working spare too super easy to replace as it's external to the transmission and runs off of 12VDC (which is converted to 14vAC 3 phase)

[redpoint5]

Quite the necro-post. It predates my time on this forum.

[Tahoe_Hybrid]

Originally Posted by azraelswrd

First off, you're already breaking one big law and that is on license plates -- I can't see it from either front OR back. This is bad and easy pickings for a ticketer. Next is looking or the appearance of security/stability. If it looks flimsy and could come off at any moment, this could provoke a pull-over and some explaining to THE MAN. Plus with so much cardboard, you'll get attention like basjoo does.

For testing this is fine but make sure to do this on some light/no traffic area that gets little attention from the police and make sure you either cut out some spots for the license plates to be seen at distance or move them into the windows (check your local vehicle codes for allowability here). I would also slap on MORE MORE MORE TAPE. I'm a big fan of blue tape () but under stress at speed, they suck at holding onto anything... at all. Plus over time, they naturally lose their adhesive qualities and forcing it to hold on to cardboard just means it will come off sooner than later.

(this is why I made my rear skirts and front grill blocks literally out of just tape -- I figured they were small and light enough that if it does come off, it wouldn't pose as much of a threat as if a piece of cardboard flying off at 55mph. Plus tape on tape isn't exactly forcing the tape to work hard holding on to the car and itself)

cars can be made of wood i suggest a truck chassis though body on frame

[freebeard]

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August 1976. The Boonie Bug predates this whole thread.


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I'd advocate for kayak-style stitch and glue and a full length chassis.


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[Piwoslaw]

Originally Posted by Sean T.

I am considering a full front end block on my car as a temporary to see if it helps at all, but I am curious if anyone has ever got pulled over for their aeromods?

In case police ever pull me over, or I risk failing inspection, because of a grille block, I keep this picture in my phone:

[Piotrsko]

Um......in the diesel world, a grill blocker is called a winterfront

[freebeard]

In this case it might be 'Front zimowy'.