Post #6
Im noticing a small reduction in petrol used after the engine undertray is fitted..... before i was using a fiver each way on my commute im using about £4.50 now, my commute is 20 miles and about 30 minutes each way, mostly 70mph A-roads.
this is about a 10% reduction......which by itself seems too large for just an aero fix/mod. i imagine the car getting to temp quicker (including oil temp) is playing a bigger role in this than aero.
doing some wonky maths.... 9 quid gets me about 6.6 litres of fuel (1.45 gallons) 40 miles for 1.45 gallons is 27.6mpg... nearly normal.
i redid my boot floor with some sound deadening and have some left over,im contemplating fitting this to the internal side of my new engine undertray to further reduce road noise and maybe insulate the eninge/oil sump more.
Been doing some more google/youtube research. Essentially Aero MPG is about reducing turbulant air formation, and its best to work from the front to back...as trying to smooth air thats already been made turbulant is somewhat futile.
i now have the plastic angle to make some custom tyre air deflectors, which is next on the list. The fronts will be tiny a 2-3cm drop as ive already lowered the front suspension a little, but seemingly will be as important if not more than the rears which will be a mahoosive 10cm.
will report back with findings.
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