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Philip1 05-18-2009 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by maximilian (Post 134698)
I keep looking at your picture trying to spot the new addition and then remembering it's part of your signature!

How did you adjustable grille block work anyway? I can't see from the picture how you guide the movable bit.

I made a track out of coroplast and slid the panel in that. Unfortunately the adjustable bit needed to be moved a lot and that shredded the flyline so I just took it off and went with a fixed opening.

GasSavers_Patrick 06-07-2009 10:09 AM

Great work you?ve done there! I?ll have to make an undertray like that myself!:thumbup:

Ranana_Zess 07-01-2009 02:42 PM

aerodynamic improvements
 
I love anything Aerodynamic, but unfortunately this track gets way too repetitive after a while, it's like they made a Homework version of it.

theholycow 09-05-2009 01:51 PM

You might not be able to drive with a blocked grill without overheating, but most people here do not have that problem. When you've got enough cooling for 200hp and you're only using 40 of those 200 ponies, you really don't need a lot of air flow to the radiator...

GasSavers_RoadWarrior 09-05-2009 08:20 PM

Upper grilles are mostly cosmetic these days, they usually pull air from lower down.

Philip1 09-07-2009 11:55 AM

often car makers use the upper grille to make the car look bigger rather than add cooling so they are just cosmetic. On my car the grille is open but it only exposes just 10% of the radiator the other 90% is exposed to the bottom opening.

spotaneagle 09-08-2009 01:48 PM

any idea on mpg increase with all your mods? where can i get foam gap filler is that a car parts store item?

Philip1 09-09-2009 10:11 AM

i'd say half of my improvement isdue to driving technique so the other half must therefore be mods.

theholycow 09-09-2009 10:46 AM

Also, don't forget that mods and driving technique complement eachother; they produce a result larger than the sum of their individual results. For example: The wheel skirts help on their own, and coasting helps on its own, but put them together and you can coast further than before...

GasSavers_BEEF 09-09-2009 12:29 PM

spotangeal,

I used weather stripping from advance auto parts for mine. make sure to get the type with the closed cell so it doesn't soak up water and retain it. it has more of a plastic feel to it than a sponge feel. i got the generic kind and it was about $15 for a 20 foot roll or something like that.

*edit* in my garage, you can see it on some of my frontal view pics. it is between my hood and bumper and around my headlights. there is a gap in it so that I can actually open my hood. it is also easily stackable. I put more than needed to be there and then closed the hood on it so that the springiness of it also holds it in place.


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