what would you do?

[mcrews]

I am taking one more trip to Dallas from Sacramento in May.(1775 miles over 2 1/2 days)
On my last trip I was able to get 32mpg with an 22 epa.
As you may know from previous posts I have done the following:
adjusted nut behind the wheel
scangauge
upsize tires (from 245/45/18 to 245/50/18 27.7" diameter)
43psi
nitro
IMPUL body kit (2" lower)
Lowered front end 1.25"
rear window spoiler
rear trunk spoiler
underbelly in front
underbelly in rear
Grill block behind grill
window tint (rear and rear sides)
window visors
Rear wheel skirts

So I have two thoughts:
1. I have been following the kammback threads and am concidering a clear kammback......
or....
could I acheive similar results by raising or lengthing the rear spoiler?
I was inspired by that windtunnel video with the new mb twoseater where the rear spoiler raised up....
however, I dont want ducttape it to the car. I want to try to make to look proffessional. I have some ideas but dont want to get started unless the group feels that it would help.
Also I have never figured out how to lay the 'templet' over the car to even begin to take measurements

2. I am going to run a lip or dam on the front. Havent worked uot the details because the car scrapes in the front sometimes so I dont want to do something now and drstroy it before the trip. there is about 5" from the ground to the bottom of the lip.
So do you think that doing a lip or dam is worth it for the trip?

Here is a side view of the car:



here is the software that VIIO did:
Here's a model of the air velocity affecting your car at 55mph - red is slow (drag/turbulence) and green/blue is full speed air (low drag = good).




you can see the lip that I had on for the last trip and the skirt in back



here is the front(less the required lic plate)

[larrybuck]

reduce/or eliminate side mirrors as per legal in your state.

[Sven7]

^^^right
Full belly pan, perhaps aluminum.
Wheel covers
front wheel skirts or partial skirts to fill the gaps
Exterior grille block

Kammback will help too. The spoiler on now probably isn't doing anything. You'd want one that sticks up far enough to hit the template.

[Frank Lee]

Knowing you are concerned about the appearance of the car, I'd suggest the spoiler. For better effectiveness, though, I'd suggest the Kammback.

[mcrews]

Originally Posted by larrybuck

reduce/or eliminate side mirrors as per legal in your state.

Larry,
since I'm going for the kammback I dont want to eliminate the side mirrors or make 'non-factory' looking changes.

I have concidered some type of covering that would flair into the mirror.
I had gotten carried away one nite......
Thought about using fiberglass to mold something the would flow the air around it.

[mcrews]

[QUOTE=Sven7;289960]^^^right
Full belly pan, perhaps aluminum.
Wheel covers
front wheel skirts or partial skirts to fill the gaps
Exterior grille block

Kammback will help too. The spoiler on now probably isn't doing anything. You'd want one that sticks up far enough to hit the template.

QUOTE]

Sven,
Thank you for the template layover!
I already have the front and rear pans.
I had removed the middle section and there was no decernable difference.
I am going to really look hard at the wheel covers on the front.
I just havent figured uot how two make the front partial skirt look 'proffesional enough'
I have tested the grill cover on front and back, no noticeable difference.

[Sven7]

Honestly, some moon covers on the wheels would look really good with that silver paint. I'd be happy to Photoshop them on if you like.

With some fiberglass fabbing you could have an OE-looking mirror delete panel.

An air dam up front probably won't be noticeable if it's behind the painted lip. On my Rabbit I mounted the front license plate under the bumper at a 45* angle and actually had people ask me if I had a front plate at all. It's amazing what people will miss, especially when they're standing right next to it looking down. In all likelyhood no one will notice a black air dam.

[mcrews]

I'm going to give the clear wheel covers one more shot.

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...5-11656-4.html

Zipties ar the way to go.
Vekke, I'd order some plugs but $$ is tight. I'm moving my daughter to texas at the same time.

[mcrews]

I took the overlayed pic and figured that it is 5inches from the top of the spoiler to the bottom of the kammback.



I have a small lip spoiler on the top of the window. I can use that as the anchor point for the top.
I'm thinking of using some polycarb and using a heat gun to curve the corners. Then fit the edges of the polycarb with some foam so that the kammback seals to the body.
I would probably build an aluminuum L bar frame that would have holes in it to hook small bungee straps to.
That way I could use the trunk and easily set the kammback on and off

[Ladogaboy]

I'm curious... nitro?