Go Back   EcoModder Forum > EcoModding > Aerodynamics
Register Now
 Register Now
 

Reply  Post New Thread
 
Submit Tools LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 05-03-2015, 08:32 AM   #1 (permalink)
Needs More Duct Tape
 
MPGomatic's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2012
Location: the swamps of jersey
Posts: 157

Slambo - '99 Honda Civic HX
90 day: 44.21 mpg (US)
Thanks: 63
Thanked 82 Times in 43 Posts
Inspiration from Tractor Trailer Side Skirts

Just say no to flat sided skirts? I'm going to add some angle to the front of Slambo's skirts …

Duraplate Aeroskirt

Wabash Composites | Products | DuraPlate AeroSkirt®

Ventix DRS

Wabash Composites | Products | Ventix DRS

  Reply With Quote
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to MPGomatic For This Useful Post:
BabyDiesel (05-03-2015), BamZipPow (05-03-2015), MobilOne (05-03-2015)
Alt Today
Popular topics

Other popular topics in this forum...

   
Old 05-03-2015, 03:52 PM   #2 (permalink)
Lean Burn Cruiser!
 
BabyDiesel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Johnston County, NC
Posts: 931

Big Blazin' - '88 Chevrolet K5 Blazer Silverado
SUV
90 day: 14.97 mpg (US)

Chili - '00 Honda Insight
Gen-1 Insights
Team Honda
House of Tudor
Team Streamliner
90 day: 72.29 mpg (US)
Thanks: 835
Thanked 490 Times in 309 Posts
I have seen 100s of tractor trailers with the front of the skirt curved inward, and the number is growing everyday. Seeing their skirts like that was a major reason why I took mine off till I can figure out how to tuck them inside towards the front tire.
__________________



Remember, thank a fellow EM'er for a helpful post!!!
I hypermile better in my cowboy boots

Past threads:
ZX2 modding thread
Ecomodder's Top 10: How they do it!
ZX2 Aerodynamics: Shooting for 0.15 Cd
ZX2 coast-down testing for Cd & Crr
  Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to BabyDiesel For This Useful Post:
101Volts (11-07-2022), MobilOne (05-03-2015)
Old 05-03-2015, 09:38 PM   #3 (permalink)
EcoModding Lurker
 
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: North East Pennsylvania
Posts: 61

Hatch - '86 Honda Civic DX
90 day: 50.81 mpg (US)

Sedan - '92 Honda Civic Lx
Team Honda
90 day: 59.43 mpg (US)
Thanks: 116
Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts
Very interesting
__________________
  Reply With Quote
Old 05-03-2015, 10:28 PM   #4 (permalink)
Master EcoModder
 
freebeard's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: northwest of normal
Posts: 27,562
Thanks: 7,738
Thanked 8,554 Times in 7,041 Posts


This may be my favorite picture from Bonneville, but I should have gottten one a little more from the rear to show that although the fence starts at the axle-line, the rear edges are flush with the outside of the tire. Do this front and back and then have the sideskirt longitudinal. Maybe shaped more like moldboard/plowshare of a plow.
  Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to freebeard For This Useful Post:
MobilOne (05-03-2015)
Old 05-05-2015, 05:32 PM   #5 (permalink)
Master EcoModder
 
aerohead's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A.
Posts: 15,861
Thanks: 23,922
Thanked 7,207 Times in 4,640 Posts
angle

I think you'll be shooting yourself in the foot if you do this.You don't have landing gear to deal with as on a semi,nor is your spare tire located there.
The flanks of a car should be flush with the wheels.Or enclose them altogether.
__________________
Photobucket album: http://s1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj622/aerohead2/
  Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to aerohead For This Useful Post:
BabyDiesel (05-08-2015), BamZipPow (05-09-2015)
Old 05-08-2015, 04:17 PM   #6 (permalink)
Lean Burn Cruiser!
 
BabyDiesel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Johnston County, NC
Posts: 931

Big Blazin' - '88 Chevrolet K5 Blazer Silverado
SUV
90 day: 14.97 mpg (US)

Chili - '00 Honda Insight
Gen-1 Insights
Team Honda
House of Tudor
Team Streamliner
90 day: 72.29 mpg (US)
Thanks: 835
Thanked 490 Times in 309 Posts
Do you mind explaining why having our side skirts this way is equivalent of piercing our foots with bullets?
__________________



Remember, thank a fellow EM'er for a helpful post!!!
I hypermile better in my cowboy boots

Past threads:
ZX2 modding thread
Ecomodder's Top 10: How they do it!
ZX2 Aerodynamics: Shooting for 0.15 Cd
ZX2 coast-down testing for Cd & Crr
  Reply With Quote
Old 05-08-2015, 05:51 PM   #7 (permalink)
Master EcoModder
 
aerohead's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A.
Posts: 15,861
Thanks: 23,922
Thanked 7,207 Times in 4,640 Posts
skirts this way

Quote:
Originally Posted by BabyDiesel View Post
Do you mind explaining why having our side skirts this way is equivalent of piercing our foots with bullets?
*The path down the sides of a car is the shortest and most direct route the air can take to the rear.
*Allowing the air to flow as smoothly as possible there ensures the lowest drag.
*If the pathway is interrupted with a void (behind the front tires) we lose the flow right there.
*There will be reattachment downstream,but that pocket of turbulence has to be paid for with extra drag,continuously as we drive.
*Truly low-drag forms will have flush sides,or better,fully-enclosed flush sides,apart from any Coke-bottling done for pressure control.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*On a semi,the landing gear handle is inset to the trailer frame,and also the spare tire /chain rack.
*'Store-bought' trailer skirts are often 'wedged',as a courtesy to the OTR operator who's got to deal with dropping trailers and flat tires.
*Aerodynamically,it's a compromise.No low-drag concept truck uses non-parallel skirts.
__________________
Photobucket album: http://s1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj622/aerohead2/
  Reply With Quote
The Following 6 Users Say Thank You to aerohead For This Useful Post:
101Volts (11-07-2022), BabyDiesel (05-09-2015), BamZipPow (05-09-2015), bentring (05-10-2015), MPGomatic (05-09-2015), Shepherd777 (05-10-2015)
Old 05-09-2015, 06:51 AM   #8 (permalink)
Needs More Duct Tape
 
MPGomatic's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2012
Location: the swamps of jersey
Posts: 157

Slambo - '99 Honda Civic HX
90 day: 44.21 mpg (US)
Thanks: 63
Thanked 82 Times in 43 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
*The path down the sides of a car is the shortest and most direct route the air can take to the rear.
*Allowing the air to flow as smoothly as possible there ensures the lowest drag.
*If the pathway is interrupted with a void (behind the front tires) we lose the flow right there.
*There will be reattachment downstream,but that pocket of turbulence has to be paid for with extra drag,continuously as we drive.
*Truly low-drag forms will have flush sides,or better,fully-enclosed flush sides,apart from any Coke-bottling done for pressure control.
Great stuff, Aerohead! What about influencing the air that comes off the tires out of the wheelwell/away from under the car with a gentle sweep by integrating a small flap at the back of the wheelwell that blends into the skirt? Instead of a 90º angle, it might be 100º?
  Reply With Quote
Old 05-09-2015, 11:18 AM   #9 (permalink)
Master EcoModder
 
gumby79's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Butte, Montana
Posts: 725

little jona - '91 Dodge D 250 first gen cummins LE
Team Streamliner
90 day: 23.4 mpg (US)

Little Jona airo modded - '91 Dodge RAM 3/4 TON D 250 2×4 AUTO
Pickups
Team Cummins
90 day: 18.5 mpg (US)

The Salted Hound Jenny. - '87 Dodge Ram 50/D-50 5sp 4X4
90 day: 20.24 mpg (US)

Jona Allison aero - '91 Dodge Ram D-250 Le
90 day: 20.76 mpg (US)
Thanks: 208
Thanked 427 Times in 278 Posts
another reason for the pinch front . Snow. .. if the tires of the truck pack snow on the inside = bad
__________________
1st gen cummins 91.5 dodge d250 ,HX35W/12/6 QSV
ehxsost manafulld wrap, Aero Tonto
best tank: distance 649gps mi 24.04 mpg 27.011usg
Best mpg : 31.32mpg 100mi 3.193 USG 5/2/20


Former
'83 GMC S-15 Jimmy 2door 2wd O/D auto 3.73R&P
'79 Chevy K20 4X4 350ci 400hp msd custom th400 /np205. 7.5-new 14mpg modded befor modding was a thing
87' Hyundai Excel
83 ranger w/87 2.9 L FI2wd auto 18mpg on the floor
04 Mitsubishi Gallant 2.4L auto 26mpg
06 Subaru Forrester XT(WRX PACKAGE) MT AWD Turbocharged 18 plying dirty best of 26mpg@70mph
95Chevy Blazer 4x4 auto 14-18mpg
04 Chevy Blazer 4x4 auto 16-22mpg


  Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to gumby79 For This Useful Post:
aerohead (05-09-2015), Cd (05-09-2015)
Old 05-09-2015, 01:51 PM   #10 (permalink)
Master EcoModder
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Richmond, VA
Posts: 447

Valerie - '03 Honda Civic DX
Team Honda
90 day: 55.79 mpg (US)
Thanks: 277
Thanked 231 Times in 105 Posts
Aerohead, I appreciate what you've said, but it stirred a question in my mind. I couldn't help but notice that on the bottom of the McLaren mp4-12c has some very short "skirts" behind the front wheels. Is this at all related to the fact that the car doesn't have any side skirts hanging that low?

https://inthemetal.wordpress.com/201...p4-12cs-floor/

__________________

  Reply With Quote
Reply  Post New Thread


Thread Tools




Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.5.2
All content copyright EcoModder.com