Aerocivic 95 MPG

[Aaron]

Hi everyone and Happy New Years!

Check out this story about the Aerocivic...it gets up to 95MPG.



Hear ye, hear ye! All hail basjoos and his highly-modified "Aerocivic" for proving that it is totally possible to make a 1992 Honda Civic CX get 95 (or more) miles per gallon. How much did our trusty eco-knight toil and spend to achieve this miracle? How 'bout around 250 hours and $400. No one will mistake this for a professional job - or a normal Civic - but did you hear what I said about 95 mpg?

Aerocivic information page

misc helpful page:
Measure the drag coefficient of your car - Instructables - DIY, How To, ride, diy

This area of aerodynamics is way overlooked in the energy community and I'm happy to have found out about this.

[Kevin]

WOW!!!

I wonder what my Ford F150 truck would look like if I "aerod" it?

I am lucky to get 15 mpg.

[elias]

car designers aren't doing their best ...

Thanks, this photo is really encouraging.

This proves the fact that car designers aren't doing their best. I wonder what material he used for shaping the civic.

[Aaron]

Aero Civic

Aerocivic - aerodynamic mods for maximum fuel economy - aerocivic.com

"new" website

[aljhoa]

Thanks, this photo is really encouraging.

This proves the fact that car designers aren't doing their best. I wonder what material he used for shaping the civic.

Airfoil crossec., is not for all "taste buds" see:
Shape Effects on Drag
The Drag Coefficient
Al

[Peter Lindemann]

High Mileage Now

Hi Guys,

My new website has a few good ideas on how to get 100 MPG, including the aerodynamic mods. Check it out.

Free Energy | Transportation

These ideas are used every day, just not in the automobile industry.

Peter

[Iotayodi]

150 mpg electric suv. Can anyone verify these numbers?
AFS Trinity's 150 mpg SUV starts Earth Day Tour

[Mark]

Ya and look at all that added trunk space.

[Aaron]

Aerodynamic long tail improves fuel efficiency 15 percent

Aerodynamic long tail improves fuel efficiency 15 percent

By Gizmag Team
00:01 December 29, 2009 PST


Aerodynamic long tail improves fuel efficiency 15 percent

[Aaron]

Boat tail reduces truck fuel consumption by 7.5 percent

Boat tail reduces truck fuel consumption by 7.5 percent

By Darren Quick
18:57 November 5, 2009 PST


Boat tail reduces truck fuel consumption by 7.5 percent

[Stealth]

Mere childs play. In 1973 at the annual Shell oil companies contest, a highly modified Opel set the worlds record with 376.59 miles per gallon at Wood River,Illinois. This is real fuel savings. Good Luck. stealth

[Aaron]

practical

That may be true but what I posted is something that people can actually
benefit from now.

[Stealth]

Sorry I highjacked your post. I should have posted in high fuel efficient designs or similar posts.Good Luck. stealth

[Aaron]

Opel?

lol, no big deal. What about posting a thread on the Opel. Some gas
vapor technology?

This thread is just to show the highly significant facts that aerodynamics
is widely ignored by vehicle makers. They'll probably say the cars are
ugly and nobody wants to buy them to justify not using effective
aerodynamics.

[sucahyo]

If people find tail is too ugly, how about ram implosion wing?

Build Your Own Experimental Ram-Implosion-Wing!
Directory:Ram Implosion Wing - PESWiki

or it's improved version:
DIT2-technology


Or air swirling design:
Fuel Savers

However I would prever to hide it under the car, not at the top back. Or install it fully around the front of the vehicle if I don't care how it looks, kinda like Trout phenomena observed by Viktor Schauberger. Maybe with a lot of of small vortex tube.