Hi all,
Hoping to introduce my daily - 1988 CRX D16A ... apologies in advance for the long post. She is old.
She has the following:
Front and Rear Tiebars
Integra Vti-r brake upgrade
Coil Over suspension
Camber Kit
Suspension Bushings
Exhaust System
KN Filter (drop-in)
Radio / Speaker Delete (replaced housings with acoustic foam)
In an effort to keep her young, I got the seats Re-upholstered (I have since replaced the 'type r' shift knob to stock...it was also boiling hot to touch when exposed to the sun):
I ummed and ahh'ed a bit about whether or not to get Racing seats....but that would just tempt me to go to the track...so I got a custom Ebay special from the States:
The previous owner used Beyonce as a daily & track car, hence the extensive suspension mod listing- In my ownership, I'll be focusing more on the daily driving pleasures....and one of the things that interest me is Fuel Economy! *driving a hybrid is like doing it like a star fish....it ain't that exciting.
I've owned her for about a year now, and have consistently been getting approx 8.4L / 100 km ...she has a JDM ECU and has a richer tune (so the previous owner tells me), so maybe getting into the magical 6L / 100KM is going to be a stretch, but hey, we'll try anyway...
Front Air Dam Mod
Bunnings lawn edging, Screws and 1 sick day later...
Not so low as to scrape speed humps and drive ways, so pretty happy with that! At a side on view, the profile is a little bit like the Fiesta - where there is a visibile drop at the front and tampers upwards towards the rear. The mod itself is pretty ghetto - L brackets that follow the bottom lip of the front bumper, then drill garden edging with zip tie fasteners for extra measure. I didn't use a ruler.....It was that type of day.
More info about air dams here (the reference pic is hilarious): http://ecomodder.com/wiki/index.php/Front_air_dam
You can also see that I partially blocked off the front grill hole - this is to allow the engine to get up to normal operating temp faster, reduce aerodynamic drag and achieve better fuel economy. I watched the temp gauge like a hawk - faster warm up, but no over heating issues. Success.
More info about it here: http://ecomodder.com/wiki/index.php/...artial_or_full
Post front air dam mod has netted very good results - got 7.62L / 100KM! It was pretty rewarding being able to 'feel' the difference, especially with a leading a vehicle.
Rear Aero
There is a pretty big gap between the rear guards and the bumper - this traps air travelling underneath the car creating a parachute effect....this can be mitigated by drilling copious amounts of holes in the rear bumper, but that just looks ugly. Why not try to avoid air getting there in the first place?
Ideally, a rear diffuser would be perfect for this mod (see J's Racing CRX)...but effort to reward ratio leads me to the point of least resistance.
Looking from the rear of the car though...I think that the hinge will sit on the bumper side, so the board will be angling 'upwards' towards the car, where the wind would hit the board and divert to underneath the car....and then this would effectively 'lower' the point of the 'parachute', allowing the trapped air greater opportunity to escape.
I think I'll aim to use something like choroplast (think the plastic real estate board / stop signs), a few self closing hinges (Say 4?) and 'angle' the trapped air out from under the bumper. - Might leave the area near the exhaust alone though, don't want to be smokin' when I don't have to!
Hoping this will crack closer to the 6L's / 100km
Thanks for viewing!
Jules @ 165,XXXKM
Hoping to introduce my daily - 1988 CRX D16A ... apologies in advance for the long post. She is old.
She has the following:
Front and Rear Tiebars
Integra Vti-r brake upgrade
Coil Over suspension
Camber Kit
Suspension Bushings
Exhaust System
KN Filter (drop-in)
Radio / Speaker Delete (replaced housings with acoustic foam)
In an effort to keep her young, I got the seats Re-upholstered (I have since replaced the 'type r' shift knob to stock...it was also boiling hot to touch when exposed to the sun):
I ummed and ahh'ed a bit about whether or not to get Racing seats....but that would just tempt me to go to the track...so I got a custom Ebay special from the States:
The previous owner used Beyonce as a daily & track car, hence the extensive suspension mod listing- In my ownership, I'll be focusing more on the daily driving pleasures....and one of the things that interest me is Fuel Economy! *driving a hybrid is like doing it like a star fish....it ain't that exciting.
I've owned her for about a year now, and have consistently been getting approx 8.4L / 100 km ...she has a JDM ECU and has a richer tune (so the previous owner tells me), so maybe getting into the magical 6L / 100KM is going to be a stretch, but hey, we'll try anyway...
Front Air Dam Mod
Bunnings lawn edging, Screws and 1 sick day later...
Not so low as to scrape speed humps and drive ways, so pretty happy with that! At a side on view, the profile is a little bit like the Fiesta - where there is a visibile drop at the front and tampers upwards towards the rear. The mod itself is pretty ghetto - L brackets that follow the bottom lip of the front bumper, then drill garden edging with zip tie fasteners for extra measure. I didn't use a ruler.....It was that type of day.
More info about air dams here (the reference pic is hilarious): http://ecomodder.com/wiki/index.php/Front_air_dam
You can also see that I partially blocked off the front grill hole - this is to allow the engine to get up to normal operating temp faster, reduce aerodynamic drag and achieve better fuel economy. I watched the temp gauge like a hawk - faster warm up, but no over heating issues. Success.
More info about it here: http://ecomodder.com/wiki/index.php/...artial_or_full
Post front air dam mod has netted very good results - got 7.62L / 100KM! It was pretty rewarding being able to 'feel' the difference, especially with a leading a vehicle.
Rear Aero
There is a pretty big gap between the rear guards and the bumper - this traps air travelling underneath the car creating a parachute effect....this can be mitigated by drilling copious amounts of holes in the rear bumper, but that just looks ugly. Why not try to avoid air getting there in the first place?
Ideally, a rear diffuser would be perfect for this mod (see J's Racing CRX)...but effort to reward ratio leads me to the point of least resistance.
Looking from the rear of the car though...I think that the hinge will sit on the bumper side, so the board will be angling 'upwards' towards the car, where the wind would hit the board and divert to underneath the car....and then this would effectively 'lower' the point of the 'parachute', allowing the trapped air greater opportunity to escape.
I think I'll aim to use something like choroplast (think the plastic real estate board / stop signs), a few self closing hinges (Say 4?) and 'angle' the trapped air out from under the bumper. - Might leave the area near the exhaust alone though, don't want to be smokin' when I don't have to!
Hoping this will crack closer to the 6L's / 100km
Thanks for viewing!
Jules @ 165,XXXKM
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