My new econobox! (2000 Kia Sephia 1.8I4 16V DOHC 5 Speed) - Page 8 - Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum

dirtydave · 10-31-2014, 06:55 PM

Today I have:
Removed the wiper blades
Added wheel covers: coroplast
Added a wrap around grill block / fog light block : roof flashing
Added a 4.5" lawn dam ( 3" of clearance.)
Added a belly pan under the front
Added a upper grill block
Added front fender skirts / tire gap fillers??
Added Duct tape to all the body panel gaps
Debadged the KIA

And tomorrow I will

get super super black spray paint and another accent color (vote!!)
Paint the car with said spray paint (
#racing stripes for a little more power up the hills!!!
add fresh duct tape to all the old duct tape
Buy zipties.
I need bigger pieces of coroplast cant wait untill the 5TH! (my new landlord is a campaign marketer ? of some kind and has 6 giant signs out front of the house says they are trash after the elections and help yourself........... would be happy if I can collect more!!

After the elections, rear wheel skirts, rear belly pan, side skirts.
After that Experimenting with kammbacks, box cavity, nascar style spoilers. Tinted windows, better speakers, boat tail.

Pictures after the paint bro.........#!

jedi_sol · 10-31-2014, 07:40 PM

oh how i love election time..

dirtydave · 11-02-2014, 03:56 PM

dirtydave · 11-02-2014, 04:07 PM

They said I have the worst parking space, I disagree.

one of the front tire gap fillers fell off so I pulled them off. it rained yesterday so i never got to paint. also had to put the wiper blades back on lol i will make a reflector after I get some coroplast.

The screws I put in the air dam in front of the tire have failed need to fix that tomorrow.

I am thinking I will re-do it and make the lower grill block lower im not sure but it doesnt look good to me. not very aero. hmm

dirtydave · 11-03-2014, 06:51 AM

Can someone give me some advice how to fix this ugly mess of an airdam

Baltothewolf · 11-03-2014, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by dirtydave

Can someone give me some advice how to fix this ugly mess of an airdam

Looks fine to me!

dirtydave · 11-03-2014, 09:02 AM

It was 36*F at 6am. My battery was low. Very slow cold start and a stall starting from 1st then a slower start and I hit the brakes asked for lights and vacuum and I got another stall. I grabbed my jumpstart battery and a wheel chock and key started again.

I let it idle and my water temp was 100*F and intake air temp was 86*F under 5 minutes. That is awesome.

Hopefully extreme EOC P&G with the heater on Max will be enough to keep it cool.

I have a strong lead for a forklift job 52 miles away. I would like to make it under 1 gallon. Im thinking a boattail would do the trick#!