My long lost boat tail experiment pictures...

[trebuchet03]

Alas, I wasn't able to do proper testing... And conditions were absolutely TERRIBLE:

1. It rained on the way home
2. I had to follow someone, both direction - someone that went really really fast (70-85mph)
3. Inconsistent traffic
4. Rain + speed made me loose some components :p

So about 150 miles highway.... averaging ~75-80mph... mpg=41.5. Some a/c to battle windshield fogging.... Also into a headwind on the way up to my destination.

When I dropped down to 55 for a few miles, I was getting 50, barely.

http://www.gassavers.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=1003&stc=1&d=1193544539

http://www.gassavers.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=1004&stc=1&d=1193544526

This shows that the cardboard isn't adding any frontal area:
http://www.gassavers.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=1005&stc=1&d=1193544530

After the rains - I needed to do some surgery. My average went down a little, but I used a lot more a/c.
http://www.gassavers.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=1007&stc=1&d=1193544538

http://www.gassavers.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=1006&stc=1&d=1193544533


Evidence of nothing really - due to my inability to do any proper testing :/ But I've never had such good trip FE :D

Lots of parental shock factor though :p

[SVOboy]

I saw some of those pictures before, didn't I?

Going to abandon it forever? I think there is the possibility for something fairly attractive, perhaps FG to be made for the car.

[trebuchet03]

I saw some of those pictures before, didn't I?

Going to abandon it forever? I think there is the possibility for something fairly attractive, perhaps FG to be made for the car.

Maybe? I thought I lost the memory card it was on.... It just turned up the other day (put away in an organized fashion of course) :p

FG?


It's not abandoned, just severely back burnered allong with my bat man waffle iron, Captain America shield from a disk sled, etc. This is pretty much my last free weekend for awhile - end of the semester grind is nye...

[SVOboy]

Fibreglass! I think it would look sweet in CF but dunno if you have a CF setup going...

[trebuchet03]

Fibreglass! I think it would look sweet in CF but dunno if you have a CF setup going...

Expensive - within my personal skill capabilities - just too much cost :/ too much for my current economic situation :p Plus, mounting is still a newfangled mess :thumbdown:

[SVOboy]

Oh boo, you could turn that jetta into a cool station wagon with a nice black CF boattail over the truck...and you could sell them! Think of the amazingness.