How about calling them "Wheel Kilts"...sounds a bit tougher. Now if you lower your truck 1" or so, you would really get some MPG gains.
|
Quote:
I also went ahead and added the wheel covers themselves - since they go hand in hand with the well covers... ok - no more changes before the next long trip...:) https://www.doodlebuckets.com/epnc/IMG_2277.JPG https://www.doodlebuckets.com/epnc/IMG_2278.JPG I hear brake heat can be a problem with wheel covers like this - how do you know if its getting too hot? are there symptoms? or sudden braking failure? or...something else? Thanks! |
Did you make the wheel covers too?
I'm thinking your skirts are going to make a better than average improvement on your truck vs. the average car. A major characteristic that should dictate skirt effectiveness is the tire/wheel arch gap; the larger the gap the bigger the potential improvement from adding a skirt. |
Yeah, made the wheel covers this morning - couple of hours work with left over choroplast and black rust-o-leum paint. Used double-sided edging tape to hold them on at the center and edges of the wheel. Black duct tape covers the air valve hole.
I was commenting on that same thing today to my wife - that the covers should make a bigger difference on the huge gaping hole of the truck than it would on a tighter fitted car's well. Most trucks have a huge opening there, that appears to me to act as a big parachute. Gonna go do some preliminary testing on the test route I have - but the big indicator to me will be next weeks travel between NC & MD. |
The covers look pretty good...you'll have some crazy steal truck in no time.
I think lovemysan did brake temp experiments back in the day with his fully covered rims, so search around a bit. |
Quote:
|
Crazy steel truck - that'll be fun.
Test route = out bypass highway with stoplights (45-55 mph) / out interstate to 1st exit (70 mph) / back interstate to 1st exit (65 mph) / back bypass highway with stoplights (45-55 mph) Previously, without the covers, my test run yielded: 20.4 / 22.5 / 20.5 / 20.6 Today with covers: 23.6 / 22.6 / 20.6 / 23.7 I did not do a-b-a testing - as I dont want to take the time. I realize that there are certainly differences between the environment today from 2 weeks ago when the previous results were recorded. However it is interesting to me that the highway mpg is almost identical 65-70 mph, while the two runs at 45-55 yielded a 3.1 mpg gain each. 3.1 MPG GAIN is huge in my estimation. Again - I will reserve final judgement for the trip to baltimore next week, but this is encouraging data. Thanks SVOboy - Ill search the forums for that. |
Quote:
|
Quote:
---- looks good :thumbup: |
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 04:23 AM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.