How did YOU find EcoModder.com?

[C3H8]

my younger brother told me about it. he came here a long time ago he said.

[TheMarkofPolo]

I learned about hypermiling a year ago, but didn't think too much of it. But when I saw ecomodding at GenVibe.com and saw an ecomodding/hypermiling article on MSN.com, I found this place.

Now I'm motivated.

[dremd]

I found a link someplace to the forkenswift.

[euromodder]

Blame Allert Jacobs for that
I was following some velomobile related links, and wound up here.

[alvaro84]

From someone's signature at cleanmpg.com

(Other than that I've been interested in hypermiling since I've got a vehicle.)

[97-civic-ex]

google is your friend,... after every search with useful information to getting the best possible FE lead me to here. So I figured its time to register.

[RandomFact314]

I believe I was searching google for how to get better mpg since gas was so high at the time

[Cd]

Bump !
I was just about to create a thread asking the same thing, but did a search first.

Interesting reading. Thanks for posting the topic.

Personally, I joined this forum from CleanMPG when Darin created it. This site was laid out so much better with it's clean interface and uncluttered look. I was hooked !

( BTW For years I never could figure out what that picture was on the header. Then one day I finally saw that it was the Flea from the front with a motion blur filter, just like the " E" and the wrench in the logo, it just dawned on me one day. I think that logo is pure genius. )


I found CleanMPG and then this site by doing a search for automotive aerodynamics. I first started playing around with the aero on my cars in the early nineties. I added a cardboard kammback and a grilleblock to my mid 80s' Monte Carlo, but gave up on it when i read that the NASCAR version with a fully reworked front end and backlight only decreased in drag by a few counts. My mileage was horrible with that car ( about 13-15 ), and i knew any mods i did wouldn't show up anyway.
I bought a 280Z ( 240z bodystyle ) at the same time, thinking that the car was aerodynamic. What impressed me was the curvature of the windshield from the top view and the sleek look of the car.
I never would have guessed that the car had a Cd of .475 !
One thing I remember well about that car was how quickly it stopped when i let off the gas. The front end just swallowed air !

Before that, i had a '69 Camaro and found an absolute gem of a magazine article on ecomodding a 1969 Camaro - just like mine.

( Of all the cars to ecomod ...right ?? )

The magazine was from the late seventies / very early eighties and had lots of muscle cars with clown paint jobs ( multicolor stripes and shag carpet )
In the magazine article, they did coast down testing and also did some fluid testing using a tube with a dye. As the car came up to speed, airflow would push the fluid out and show the airflow pattern on the car.
The tests were very well, done and I would really love to have that magazine back.
I wish I knew the name of it. It was so unexpected to find a test like that in a magazine - something like " Rod & Custom " or similar was the name.
They tested a large homemade airdam using coast down testing and found that it actually hurt the mpg on the Camaro.
I really wish i still had that magazine.

I used to collect articles on aerodynamics as a teen and several of the articles Aerohead posts are quite familiar. Road &Track was good about printing the Cd of a car in the early 80s and early 90s when aero was a bragging point much like the horsepower is today.

Basjoos beat me to it when it came to aeromodding a Civic hatch, and I've been jealous of him ever since :-)
I bought the exact same Civic as he has in late 2000, and always planned a full aero rework, but just never had the guts to do it and not worry about what people thought of me.
Watching him do literally every mod i had in my head was strange. It was as if we had the exact same ideas.
I really admire the way he actually built that car, versus just dream about it.

[cowmeat]

If you Google "hypermiling in a Festiva" you'll see how I landed here, lol!

I had been driving Black Widow for almost two years and had never broken 45 mpg. I knew I should be able to do better, so as I started searching for ways to increase my mileage, Ecomodder.com was literally the first thing that popped up, and here I still am!

[Piwoslaw]

Originally Posted by Cd

Bump !
I was just about to create a thread asking the same thing, but did a search first.

+1 for searching before posting