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

Reply  Post New Thread
 
Submit Tools LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 04-07-2009, 10:55 AM   #11 (permalink)
Weight Reduction
 
Drive Stick's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: NJ
Posts: 113

Celica GTS - '02 Toyota Celica GT-S
90 day: 36.32 mpg (US)
Thanks: 0
Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts
Send a message via AIM to Drive Stick
That's a really tall car, so much ground clearance, probably big gains to be had from lowering the car, or making some under-body trays to smooth things out for air to bypass the undercarriage.

__________________
  Reply With Quote
Alt Today
Popular topics

Other popular topics in this forum...

   
Old 04-09-2009, 08:38 PM   #12 (permalink)
EcoModding Lurker
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
Posts: 14

Tartaruga - '09 Fiat Palio
Last 3: 23.7 mpg (US)
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
After 1 week I have checked my samples to see if they would stick to the car. They were hard to take off, although not leaving any mess.
So I have covered my fog lights with contact. Its not that resistant but its well glued so I think it might tear, but not fall. I have already driven the car at speeds near 60kph(37mph) and its still there just like it was. I usually don't reach speeds above 90kph(56mph) because of the laws(i just got my driver's license, i can't have any ticket within a period of one year).

Here are some pictures of my car with and without the mod(you may not notice the difference, its not visible at 2 meters(6feet))




Looks like a big foot, so high... I don't know if I will lower it because my city looks like a rally, holes everywhere, one bigger than the other...



The spoiler... its kind of aerodynamic... don't know, what do you guys think?



The fog lights before mods



A bad picture showing almost nothing, except it really is very far from ground. But I checked, the sideskirt is not lower than the car's bottom.



Not aerodynamic rear end. The bumper is empty, I thing its a very bad thing for aero, I might cover everything.



Driver's side modded fog light. (you can see my fathers red '86 VW Gol(i think its scirocco in other countries) behind and at the reflex)



Right side(driver's) modded, left stock(i think there's small difference. maybe there's is more flood in the modded one, but the fogs are more flood than focuse anyway)



Left side modded, showing it from top. You can see the adhesive making a line near the grill(you can also see my shoes).



Right side(driver's).
__________________
  Reply With Quote
Old 04-09-2009, 09:35 PM   #13 (permalink)
Master EcoModder
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Cookeville, TN
Posts: 850
Thanks: 1
Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts
nice!
  Reply With Quote
Old 04-15-2009, 10:23 PM   #14 (permalink)
EcoModding Lurker
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
Posts: 14

Tartaruga - '09 Fiat Palio
Last 3: 23.7 mpg (US)
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
ok, it's been a week since the mods and the contact is intact, just like the day i put it. I even reached 100km/h just to test and its there, very clean and all... I'm very happy with the mod and I think it gotta save some fuel, the car is so much more aerodynamic now... More mods to come, I'm trying to find some cheap and readily available material for a belly pan...
__________________
  Reply With Quote
Old 04-15-2009, 10:30 PM   #15 (permalink)
Master EcoModder
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Cookeville, TN
Posts: 850
Thanks: 1
Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by Junimrox View Post
ok, it's been a week since the mods and the contact is intact, just like the day i put it. I even reached 100km/h just to test and its there, very clean and all... I'm very happy with the mod and I think it gotta save some fuel, the car is so much more aerodynamic now... More mods to come, I'm trying to find some cheap and readily available material for a belly pan...
Linoleum, mylar and nylon(think parachute with heat reflectant material), aluminum sheet if you can get it, mm thats all I have for off the wall ideas. Likely none of those are available but they are not the usual suspect of coroplast or something available at THD , Lowes
  Reply With Quote
Old 04-16-2009, 01:18 AM   #16 (permalink)
Pokémoderator
 
cfg83's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Southern California
Posts: 5,864

1999 Saturn SW2 - '99 Saturn SW2 Wagon
Team Saturn
90 day: 40.49 mpg (US)
Thanks: 439
Thanked 530 Times in 356 Posts
Junimrox -

Quote:
Originally Posted by Junimrox View Post
After 1 week I have checked my samples to see if they would stick to the car. They were hard to take off, although not leaving any mess.
So I have covered my fog lights with contact. Its not that resistant but its well glued so I think it might tear, but not fall. I have already driven the car at speeds near 60kph(37mph) and its still there just like it was. I usually don't reach speeds above 90kph(56mph) because of the laws(i just got my driver's license, i can't have any ticket within a period of one year).

Here are some pictures of my car with and without the mod(you may not notice the difference, its not visible at 2 meters(6feet))

...

Right side(driver's).
This is my favorite picture. It's so clean!!!!!!!

CarloSW2

__________________

What's your EPA MPG? Go Here and find out!
American Solar Energy Society
  Reply With Quote
Reply  Post New Thread


Tags
adhesive, fiat, palio, wrap





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