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puddleglum 01-06-2010 12:01 AM

New front air dam
 
I thought it was time that I stopped just reading about mods and tried experimenting with one so I built a front air dam last weekend. I'm quite happy with the look (the less important part) but I'm not sure yet if it is going to help MPG. I already mounted a partial front pan last year and redid my grillblocks in the fall. Lowest suspension parts are at 6" and bottom of dam is 5.5". Eventually I would like to do a full pan and widen the front bumper to clear the tires but that is not an outside project at -20c. Anyway, I had a 200mile highway run yesterday that I make occasionally and mileage was only 8L/100km avg. at 65-70mph but -20c to -12c temp may have had some effect. I avg around 7.6-7.8 in the summer if the winds not blowing hard. I need to do some sort of A B A test when it warms up to be sure I guess. It may be too low or maybe I should have left the middle open. It may be creating more turbulance at the front tires since it doesn't clear them even though I tried to deflect it out at the end. I would appreciate your feedback. I was going to post pictures but apparently the file sizes are too big.:(

cfg83 01-06-2010 01:48 AM

puddleglum -

The album feature will upload any size JPEG. Go as follows :

User CP -> Pictures & Albums -> Add Album

Create an album and add a picture to it. The album will automatically downsize the image to fit. Then click on the picture and you will have a "BB Code" text of the image that you can copy into your post.

CarloSW2

luvit 01-06-2010 06:13 PM

i'm so confused. you talk mpg, mph, & 200 miles. but you posted 8L/100km.
so i did some research.

you got 29.40 mpg
according to this site: http://www.pege.org/fuel/convert.htm

puddleglum 01-06-2010 11:48 PM

Carlo, thank you for the help, I'll try this again. Luvit, sorry about being confusing. I was trying to use US terminology, but I do everything in metric and I didn't take the time to work out the conversion.

Here is my second gen. grill block with adjustable lower baffle and the pan before adding the air dam.
http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-pu...re1521-004.jpg

http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-pu...re1526-005.jpg

This is the filler pieces I built to tie into the small factory air dam and a piece of vinyl siding starter strip and some rubber cove molding that made the air dam.
http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-pu...re1520-003.jpg

Here is some assembly and the finished product.
http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-pu...re1523-007.jpg

http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-pu...re1524-008.jpg

http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-pu...re1522-010.jpg

http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-pu...re1525-009.jpg

Sorry that some of the pictures are dark but please tell me what you think. I

luvit 01-07-2010 12:01 AM

grill blocks look great!
by the way, how cold has it been for you this week?

puddleglum 01-07-2010 01:33 AM

lows have been around -5 to -15F with windchills -15 to -25F. Highs around 0 to 10F. Not as bad as a few weeks ago, hit -40. It's supposed to warm up this weekend though.

cfg83 01-07-2010 02:42 AM

puddleglum -

Excellent execution! I like your choices of materials. We usually see garden edging for this kind of stuff.

I see you have a block heater "ceegar" (plug), so to speak, ha ha. ... Or maybe a battery trickle charger plug?!?!?

CarloSW2

Jethro 01-07-2010 03:35 PM

That is one of the cleanest set of mods I've seen. Looks totally stock!

BTW, What kinda vehicle is that? I can't place it.

MetroMPG 01-07-2010 03:38 PM

Clean looking work.

It'd be great if you make a garage entry for the car. Then we'd all be able to figure out what it is. :)

Christ 01-07-2010 03:51 PM

Love the grille block. It almost looks like a factory option!


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