Using Simple Aerodynamics to Beat High Gas Prices (Home Improvement Store Edition) 

Agree!

same!

the upgrade looks cool and if its efective nice however i do recomend removing the wheel cover since it could technicaly kill u in curtain situations like where u need to lets say brake a lot, since u dont have the wind moving thru the brakes anymore becouse the cover if u break too much and go downhill and use breaks a lot they will not cool that efectivley which will in turn heat them up and make them brake worse, however there might be a solution in formula racing since they usualy do a lot of aerodinamic stuff so maybe look there for anwsers, im not a profesional just my personal opinion on the things i know

@@snermann he could do something simillar to the front wheels of the mclaren speedtail. Pretty much an aero cover that's not spinning with the rims and has ducts for airflow to the brakes.

Really i was expecting that and boom the end 😡

cling film lol

Led lights come in all shapes and sizes. Incorporate your own designed aero lights being sure to follow state laws. Part 2?

Exactly what I thought

I was going to say this

People on back cant estimate distance if you use plastic clear. Likely they will hit you.

came here to say this

PC plastic curve...sounds like a project in and of itself.

What about wire mesh or insect screen that you would see you in a window it is also see-through. I would like to make a boat tail out of insect screen

@@excaliburjohndeere7657 lol.

Packing tape

yeah it would to low is just as bad as to high cause pot holes and other bumps in the road make the lowest possible being very bad for the car driving down the road sadly

Yeah, that's still very cheap compared to EU prices. It was that cheap here some time before the Russia war in Ukraine . . . Luckily the price has fallen here. At highest it was around 2,70 € / litre what I have seen here in Finland, now around 2,2 € / l.

@@wopmf4345FxFDxdGaa20 Keep in mind that US roads are really long and poorly constructed.

13% is absolutely mental with some foam, but also immediately shows how moot this project is. It's neat, don't get me wrong, but you very quickly run into diminishing returns and cap out at whatever your state allows. Unless you can min-max by really making a new body or major changes to the existing body and also move around the lights, there's just no way it's going to get much better.

but how does it fit in a normal Walmart parking space???

Old saying in advertising: When selling the numbers, always go with the more impressive. 13% don't mean much if it gets 10-mpg as-factory. But if it gets 20-30 MPG....😉

@@gibbs677bg the whole thing could hinge at the top and fold over the top of the car. Or an idea I had years ago would be for a tail like this to be inflatable. It would just inflate once you were on a highway

10% increase means every 10 fuel up you save one right(as in 10 fuel up = 11 fuel up) no? that's a lot or am I missing something?

It's a minivan..............

You can add front brake ducts to help cooling and it’s also race car technology

Death is a small price to pay for increased miles per gallon.

yea, a cars wheels/ rims are designed to absorb and dissipate heat, some even help force air into the brake discs for improved cooling

Maybe adding brake duct to channel direct air from front could help?

or you could just buy a car that's already aerodynamic

@@cagneybillingsley2165 & super-efficient like : VW XL1..

@@cagneybillingsley2165 lol , the guy's trying to save money

Ahhhhhh a true hypermiler ;)

Remove the tools? Sure let's just get stranded in the middle of nowhere with no phone signal and hope for a beautiful single lady to pass by and give us a ride

You, or someone you worked with, probably did the maths but what proportion of the drag is from viscose forces? I'm more used to boats so I don't have a handle on this. Adding surface area with act against you eventually.

@@msbealo Correct, that is partly why the solar cars are so small. It is always a balance. The trailing edge has a significant impact on the overall drag so you can get away with adding a certain amount of bodywork in the back.

Your solution and potential problem is inspiring. I myself thought of just moving the tail lights and plate to the back but your idea is much better.

@@alexrosado3890 I mean alternatively, you can cover the taillights and wire auxiliary lights to the back (simple red and amber lights, like the ones you would see on a trailer). I think that solution would be the best of both worlds

This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!

@@TheSFMCreators yeah i like this solution too, that way if someone crashed into the portion sticking out behind your car there will be no excuse.

-General Aladeen: just make it...more pointy! 🧔🏻🚀

I second this advice. A flat floor would be better than skirts(edit: as proposed from the video @9:08) as this will increase the frontal area. I have a recent video on how much a floor impacts drag.

what! drag can't possibly come from an area on the car consumers can't see!

@@nelsonphillips Yes: F_d = 1/2∙ρּּּ⁠∙v²∙S∙c_dּ with F_d as drag force (N), ρּּּ as the density of air (kg/m^3), v as speed (m/s), S as frontal surface area (m^2) and c_d as drag coefficient (-). Adding "skirts" could reduce c_d, *but* would simultaneously increase S. Edit: also the angle shown at 9m15s should be max 15° according to rules of thumb if I remember correctly from aerodynamics class.

As to Adam's suggestion - yes, I would try covering the rear wheels flush with the body side if possible - that would probably make a big difference on the side of the vehicle. Unfortunately, you can't do this with the front wheels as they need to be able to turn.

@@dperreno Depending on how the wheel turns. the inside of the wheel well, the changes in camber and how much space the tyre takes in the well under bumps and compressing. you can mount something that either links to the suspension or wheel hub. that turns with the wheels. More engineering and mechanical complexing. but you get it right and you can do the front as well. Better to save the headache, time money and possible illegal or cops pulling you over. or having something just fuck up. sticking with the back is probably best. which sucks.

Thanks now I‘m going to get rich

Maybe for an electric most gas cars have radiators at the front that need cooled. Also the font is actually most of the time less important then the back.

Are you referring to a nose cone? If so, unless you are reaching supersonic speeds, it's not really that beneficial to add a nose cone at the front. Your front cross section remains the same. Adding a splitter or a dam of some sorts to reduce air going under the car would be helpful and could be inflatable.

@@jimysk8er or just a metal plate attached to pistons with a sensor that moves it up and down depending on road conditions. Pretty sure the Acura integra did something like that in the 90s

@@reecedeyoung6595 yep a couple of cars have venting based on temperature or rear and front wings based on speed and or braking.

Science is super fascinating especially outside of the classroom 😂

I moved to an apartment nearly 200 miles away and had a table in the bed. Typically that same drive would average 22-23 mpg including a bit of city, but this time it was a tick over 25 mpg at the pump. With a table.

That's incredible.

@@vitopannucci2001 the speed must be significantly lower than normal driving & as you told in another comment - the drag depends exponentially on speed !🙏

your lower speed was a big contributer to the increased milage.

Back in 2005, I had loaded my vehicle to relocate cross country. It was loaded down far beyond what should’ve been in the car. It was rated 17c / 26h and with it loaded down, closing the gap between the bottom of the car and the road, it got 31-34mpg on the highway.

wouldn't the rear end work like a massive diffuser with a flat floor though? All the low pressure pulling the rear of the car downwards

@@samkwant4050 not if it stays this tame of an angle. A diffuser doesn't really work that well at highway speeds anyway.

Jack up the tire pressure.

Have wanted to do this for years. Catalytic converter heat is a concern; a closed bottom might deter against catalytic converter theft, too.

@@louf7178 Indeed, even just exhaust pipe heat and other types of heat build up are a concern when doing this. It'll definitely need something other than cardboard/foam

Better off to bondo all the gaps, sand, and fiberglass the whole thing.

Just wanted to comment the exact same thing. In the whole video I think I didn't see the licence plate once. And yes, tail lights. I guess they're called "tail" lights for a reason ...

@@ac.creationsI guess he could 'glass the whole thing, since currently it is foam!

Not an issue as he added a red light see 5:05 but should add red reflective tape or reflectors

@@punker4Real that's a taillight, only, and it looks more like an afterburner.

I was thinking the same thing! One could even take a budget approach and use clear packing tape to form the cover.

The solution to high gas prices? Don't drive, unless it is necessary or for special occasions. Have meetings on the computer. Have cities that have amenities near residential (or included in a multipurpose building, like the 2014 canceled Sky City in China or the 1989 Sky City 1000 concept in Japan).

@@thatguyalex2835 Yep, follow the leading and manipulation of the lefts agenda. The peons or peasant should just stay home while the elites have fun.

Wide body issue could be solved using scrape friendly products like a door rubber sealer for the absolute bottom part.

...ooooor just get a motorcycle

How do you think a wire mesh Boat tail would work like you would see in a window. The thing would breathe so it would decrease lift. I’ve been thinking about it for about a month. I’ve done some experiments in the shop using a air hose the airflow follows the curvature and angle. I can put my hand under the wire mesh and don’t feel any direct pressure from the air hose that I am blowing on the screen at the angle it’ll blow straight through but it follows the curvature of the wire mesh When you’re trying to mimic the boat tail angle

@@excaliburjohndeere7657 I can only guess. So long as the mesh is fine enough, I'd wager you'd get nearly all of the benefit. I'm of the opinion that an inflatable tail is probably a better way to go, however, and it isn't all that expensive to have manufactured.

@@excaliburjohndeere7657 I've wondered the same ! I suggested this idea for enclosing recumbent bikes, but haven't seen anyone take up the idea. Screen would direct air down the sides of the vehicle, while also allowing air to pass through from crosswinds ! Would love to see what you come up with.

Good point - though more weight increases rolling resistance, decreasing MPG!

Some semi truck trailers have small version of this on them called a trailer tail

Hay that's good thinking There "

it'd make the car more rear heavy though which could do funky stuff to handling.

@@Dejawolfs not really, it all depends on how you incorporate the real wheels

Ecomodder is the place to be

@@rkan2 agreed. Been following Ecomodder for a long time. Aerocivic is the O.G. aeromod.

And you can buy a nice 911 for that price, I don't think anyone who bought the xl1 had any financial issues.

@@gamechip06 it was a fling experiment, but still. It's not like the tech is not replicable. You could custom build something like that for maybe 30k.

@@THESLlCK And then spend double that jumping through governmental hoops in order to get it judged to be street legal, so you could get a tag and insurance. The government does not want efficient vehicles on the road, they want their tax money from gas sales. There are many more efficient vehicles from around the world that can not be imported into America for that very reason. Case in point look at the fuel economy stats on the exact same model motorcycles and cars in Japan and Europe that are imported into America, they get better mileage / range, and have better performance, despite only minor cosmetic changes and deliberate engine efficiency decreases required in order to allow them to be imported into America.

corvvette did this way back lol, stingray

@@gamechip06911 is a planet killer. Get a Prius bqueer

Yes like the old chevy caprice they got amazing gas mileage and were very modern and stylish in 1993... not.

I was wondering about that myself? Why vortex generator's? They create turbulence "

From what I know, it's to prevent low pressure zones where there are gaps, preventing a more violent form of turbulence and vortices. Not complete sure though

Yeah, the older 737 Classic had vortex generators to induce flow separation over the wing due to the apricot-shaped nacelles and also around the tail area. I’m not an engineer… but I think vortex generators are generally counter intuitive to having smooth airflow over a surface.

Vortex generators are used on the upper surface of light aircraft wings to increase lift at low speeds (for Short Takeoff and Landing or STOL aircraft) though at the expense of greater drag and lower top speed. I am confident that these are NOT helpful on the sides of your car. A partial or full belly pan would likely be helpful though as another stated, be sure to allow an outlet for hot air from the radiator. The "aero" features on cars for the last 25-30 years are there to make the car look distinctive and give the illusion of value. No way do those features push the car down the road or reduce its weight.

@@briancoss8482 turbulence can be used to reattach airflow. Look at modern fighters with their massive strakes at the wing roots. They provide most of the lift

Not a mark!

@@thinkflight I see you must have been poking around at the Ecomodder forums. 👍 I'm surprised at how many comments you have on this video. I have to restrain myself from commenting to them all. It's frustrating seeing the same arguments over and over again. I really hope to see a version 2. As I am sure you can tell, the angle of the sides is too steep and you are getting flow separation. ( If you recall, Darin from Ecomodder had the same issue with his boattail. ) The open portion of the tail makes a nice box cavity for the airflow, but I'm worried that your plates aren't visible enough. Some reflective tape would also be good there as well. I like that lighting you have in there ! I just might steal that idea ! Regarding the angle of the tail underside, If you drive up even a slight incline, it will scrape if you bring the angle down any. I suggested an idea on the AeroCivic for a fix to that : what about having a flat panel ( floor ) that is at the correct angle, but is mounted with arms that compress ( I'm thinking of those hydraulic arms that hold up your hatch ) If that would be too costly, just have the panel hang loose by wire, and hinged. It would shake when you go over bumps though. I respect that you did this without listening to the critics. I did a quick tuft test with my 1993 Civic hatchback. It's only a few seconds long, but you might find it interesting. I have always wanted to go all out and do a boattail but Basjoos ( AeroCivic ) beat me to it. Looking forward to seeing more from this project !

I vaguely remember a "Kamm back" car. Chevy Vega?

Might be a good approach to start extreme cut it back incrementally and see where improvement drops off

Check out en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumpler_Tropfenwagen for another water drop design!

@@capriceranana5733 beautiful!

@@uncareid5557 There was a number of them back then. My first thought goes to the Shelby Daytona Coupe.

yep, drag increases by the square of speed, speed increases linearly with speed

@@saeedhossain6099 And to top that other factors add to a more than square increase; engine speed, drive train losses, friction losses… It all adds up to more than one would expect.

About the same in Germany. Even pre pandemic and everything gas was probably around 1,40€/l or about 5,93$/gallon back then.

Us gallon is a bit smaller so the figures will not quite compare but yes us gas cheaper fuel, they all drive big inefficient cars mostly though, maybe that will change now fuel is getting do expensive?

@@FlyingFun. True! I didn't realize, US Gallon is about 12% less than Imperial gallon. So in comparison: $8,81/gallon in EU compared to $5,50/gallon in the US. There is a difference there, but I sit corrected :)

@@maartentoors I only found that out recently too. Bit strange really but I think it's a similar story with other measurements too. You would think a us gallon wouldbe bigger if anything seeing everything is bigger and better in the us lol.

Yes! Also Porsche to some extent.

Repent and follow Jesus my friend! Repenting doesn't mean confessing your sins to others, but to stop doing them altogether. Belief in Messiah alone is not enough to get you into heaven - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36). Contemplate how the Roman empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years to accomplish the religion of the Israelites C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate though because you can start a relationship with God and have proof. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life. - Revelation 3:20 Revelation 6 1st Seal: White horse = Roman Empire conquering nations under Trajan 98-117 AD & Gospel spreading rapidly. 2nd Seal: Red horse, bloody civil wars with 32 different Emperors, most killed by the sword. 185-284 AD 3rd Seal: Black horse, economic despair from high taxes to pay for wars, farmers stopped growing. 200-250 AD 4th Seal: Pale horse, 1/4th of Romans died from famine, pestilence; at one point 5,000 dying per day. 250-300 AD 5th Seal: Diocletian persecuted Smyrna church era saints for ten years, blood crying out for vengeance. 303-312 AD 6th Seal: Political upheaval in the declining Roman Empire while the leaders battled each other. 313-395 AD Revelation 7 Sealing of 144,000, the saints, before trumpet war judgments, which led to the fall of the Roman Empire. Revelation 8 1st Trumpet: Alaric and the Goths attacked from the north, the path of hail, and set it on fire. 400-410 AD 2nd Trumpet: Genseric and the Vandals attacked the seas and coastlands, the blood of sailors in water. 425-470 AD 3rd Trumpet: Attila and the Huns scourged the Danube, Rhine & Po rivers area, dead bodies made water bitter. 451 AD 4th Trumpet: Odoacer and the Heruli caused the last Western Emperor (sun), Senate (moon) to lose power. 476 AD With the Western Roman Emperor (restrainer of 2 Thes. 2) removed; the son of perdition Popes took power. Revelation 9 Two woe judgments against the central 1/3rd and eastern 1/3rd of the Roman Empire. 612-1453 AD 5th Trumpet: Locust & scorpions point to Arabia, the rise of the Muslim army. Islam hides Gospel from Arabs. 612-762 AD 6th Trumpet: Turks released to attack Constantinople with large cannons (fire, smoke, brimstone). 1062-1453 AD Revelation 10 The little book is the printed Bible, which was needed after the Dark Ages when Scriptures were banned by Popes. Revelation 11 7th Trumpet: Martin Luther measured Roman Church; found that it’s an apostate church, not part of true temple. The two witnesses are the Scriptures and saints who proclaim the pure Gospel and testify against the antichrist Popes. Papal Church pronounced Christendom dead in 1514 AD. Silence for 3.5 years. Then Luther posted his 95 Thesis, which sparked the Protestant Reformation and brought the witnesses back to life. Millions of Catholics were saved. Revelation 12 Satan used the Roman Empire to try to wipe out the early Church, Satan was cast down as the Empire collapsed. Revelation 13 The antichrist beast Popes reigned in power 1,260 years, 538-1798, is the little horn of Daniel 7, son of perdition. The false prophet Jesuit Superior General rose to power from land (earth) of Vatican and has created many deceptions. Revelation 14 Points to great harvest during the Protestant Reformation & wrath on Catholic countries who obey antichrist Pope. Revelation 15 Overcoming saints victorious over the beast. Prelude to 7 vials and judgment on those who support Papal Rome. Revelation 16 1st Vial: The foul sore of atheism was poured out on Catholic France, leaving them with no hope, led to revolution. 2nd Vial: The French Revolution started in 1793, killed 250,000, as France had obeyed the Pope and killed saints. 3rd Vial: The French Revolution spread to rural areas of France, where Protestants had been killed in river areas. 4th Vial: The bloody Napoleonic wars shed the blood of countries who had revered and obeyed the antichrist Pope. 5th Vial: Judgment on the seat of the beast. Papal States invaded in 1798, Pope imprisoned, removed from power. 6th Vial: The Turks vast domain dried up, they were only left with Turkey. They lost control of Palestine in 1917 AD, Israel became a nation again in 1948

@Lumber Jack : What about Box Cavities ? I have seen several cars that improved their drag by having a box cavity. Are you saying that in this case the open area is too deep, and that a box cavity needs to be shallow ?

@@O-cDxA I have used base cavities to reduce drag on heavy trucks (see SAE paper 2005-01-3526) and it's important for the cavity shape and depth to produce a recirculation bubble pattern. They are generally shallow cavities, about 0.2*W to 0.25*W deep where W is the base width (~ 8'6" for a heavy truck trailer). This raises pressure on the aft-facing base area and produces a thrust which offsets overall drag. Same effect you get on a modern pickup truck with the bed closed except it acts on the rear of the cab. Modern pickup trucks are putting lips on the trailing edge of the cab to enhance this effect. If a cavity is too deep or has the wrong shape, it can create the opposite effect, and lower pressure on the base area, increasing drag, or cause other problems. All of this could be explored with CFD to get an idea of what works for this vehicle. Sometimes the optimal shape will involve cutting the boattail short (Kamm back concept) in order to get max advantage out of all the competing effects, including with/without cavity. A long taper isn't always the best or most feasible.

Insurance is ass anyway. They cancel insurance for anything they can because they know most people won't pursue legally.

Sr Abogado In the US there is federal law and standards, and locally there are 50 different state jurisdictions, all with differing laws and interpretations applying. I personally cringe when I see some local lout with a mile-high pickup truck; in a crash, a normal sedan can go under (submarine) the tall-boy truck. I’ve never seen one of these illegal trucks cited, much less litigated or sued for egregious damage and lethality. This little car experiment is totally benign by comparison.

Sure, with much shallower taper angles. The Beatle has among the worst drag coefficients.

Looking to see if anyone else mentioned VW, the old Porsche's where more slippery I believe.

@@mrln247 most of them had coefficients of drag in the 0.4x range. A lot of modern sedans are in the upper 0.2x range now.

@@AustinPerdue There really havent been *that* much improvement for sedan body shapes since the Audi 100 (C3) in 1982. But yeah, some cars back then, not to mention just ten years earlier, were way above 0.4

Front dam is not needed under the hub I agree but mud flappers infront of the front wheel would help a long way

Unfortunately, "making the rear swoop level with the cars body" will create ground-scraping issues. I have seen the problem many times as motorhomes or trailers with a lot of structure behind the rear wheels negotiate the transition from a business to the roadway :(

Repent and follow Jesus my friend! Repenting doesn't mean confessing your sins to others, but to stop doing them altogether. Belief in Messiah alone is not enough to get you into heaven - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36). Contemplate how the Roman empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years to accomplish the religion of the Israelites C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate though because you can start a relationship with God and have proof. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life. - Revelation 3:20 Revelation 6 1st Seal: White horse = Roman Empire conquering nations under Trajan 98-117 AD & Gospel spreading rapidly. 2nd Seal: Red horse, bloody civil wars with 32 different Emperors, most killed by the sword. 185-284 AD 3rd Seal: Black horse, economic despair from high taxes to pay for wars, farmers stopped growing. 200-250 AD 4th Seal: Pale horse, 1/4th of Romans died from famine, pestilence; at one point 5,000 dying per day. 250-300 AD 5th Seal: Diocletian persecuted Smyrna church era saints for ten years, blood crying out for vengeance. 303-312 AD 6th Seal: Political upheaval in the declining Roman Empire while the leaders battled each other. 313-395 AD Revelation 7 Sealing of 144,000, the saints, before trumpet war judgments, which led to the fall of the Roman Empire. Revelation 8 1st Trumpet: Alaric and the Goths attacked from the north, the path of hail, and set it on fire. 400-410 AD 2nd Trumpet: Genseric and the Vandals attacked the seas and coastlands, the blood of sailors in water. 425-470 AD 3rd Trumpet: Attila and the Huns scourged the Danube, Rhine & Po rivers area, dead bodies made water bitter. 451 AD 4th Trumpet: Odoacer and the Heruli caused the last Western Emperor (sun), Senate (moon) to lose power. 476 AD With the Western Roman Emperor (restrainer of 2 Thes. 2) removed; the son of perdition Popes took power. Revelation 9 Two woe judgments against the central 1/3rd and eastern 1/3rd of the Roman Empire. 612-1453 AD 5th Trumpet: Locust & scorpions point to Arabia, the rise of the Muslim army. Islam hides Gospel from Arabs. 612-762 AD 6th Trumpet: Turks released to attack Constantinople with large cannons (fire, smoke, brimstone). 1062-1453 AD Revelation 10 The little book is the printed Bible, which was needed after the Dark Ages when Scriptures were banned by Popes. Revelation 11 7th Trumpet: Martin Luther measured Roman Church; found that it’s an apostate church, not part of true temple. The two witnesses are the Scriptures and saints who proclaim the pure Gospel and testify against the antichrist Popes. Papal Church pronounced Christendom dead in 1514 AD. Silence for 3.5 years. Then Luther posted his 95 Thesis, which sparked the Protestant Reformation and brought the witnesses back to life. Millions of Catholics were saved. Revelation 12 Satan used the Roman Empire to try to wipe out the early Church, Satan was cast down as the Empire collapsed. Revelation 13 The antichrist beast Popes reigned in power 1,260 years, 538-1798, is the little horn of Daniel 7, son of perdition. The false prophet Jesuit Superior General rose to power from land (earth) of Vatican and has created many deceptions. Revelation 14 Points to great harvest during the Protestant Reformation & wrath on Catholic countries who obey antichrist Pope. Revelation 15 Overcoming saints victorious over the beast. Prelude to 7 vials and judgment on those who support Papal Rome. Revelation 16 1st Vial: The foul sore of atheism was poured out on Catholic France, leaving them with no hope, led to revolution. 2nd Vial: The French Revolution started in 1793, killed 250,000, as France had obeyed the Pope and killed saints. 3rd Vial: The French Revolution spread to rural areas of France, where Protestants had been killed in river areas. 4th Vial: The bloody Napoleonic wars shed the blood of countries who had revered and obeyed the antichrist Pope. 5th Vial: Judgment on the seat of the beast. Papal States invaded in 1798, Pope imprisoned, removed from power. 6th Vial: The Turks vast domain dried up, they were only left with Turkey. They lost control of Palestine in 1917 AD, Israel became a nation again in 1948

McLaren Speedtail?

@@nicolainielsen7700 The Speedtail is made for speed not for hypermiling but it sure have an aerodynamic shape

Aptera might have the ideal body shape, but totally unadaptable to existing bodies.

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Yeah I want one too!

Aptera is awesome but the big range solar panel model id really want is 50k at least. And after all that it's only a 2 seater with no storage. In the meantime there are always used 99 insights!

It makes everything else look like a brick

Yeah it looks like a wingless plane

me too, I bought a bicycle for 300, saved 40 a week in diesel for 4 weeks so far, that's 160. another 4 weeks of cycling to work and I've paid for the bike. After that, it's all pure savings

I got to witness an Isuzu Trooper overheat because they were pulling a trailer in a slow parade, and had covered nearly the entire grille with a poster. In August.

In northern states during winter you could easily get away with covering 90 percent of the radiators. Some modern cars come with shutters in the grill that can close to improve aero.

Yes, closing the radiator holes with a clean surface will help with drag. But as the other commenters mentioned, you should watch out that cooling stays sufficient (this is why stock cars with front grill shutters have a mechanism to close & open them automatically dependend on cooling demands)

Active radiator shutters, if it doesn't already have them

i was thinking about where his license plate is even visible to the public Is it really only thru that window in the back? I'd think that's not street legal, u can only see the plate when u'r directly behind his car.

@@Broockle It definitely isn't. In many states, even a "frame" on the license plate is illegal if it arguably makes it hard to read.

Not quite it would rather seperate then generate any proper lift

i wouldn’t worry: lift is engineered into many modern cars to reduce rolling resistance at speed. even if he accidentally built an airfoil with enough lift to flip the car, the foam and joints would likely not be strong enough to support the force. i imagine that the tail section would be destroyed well before the car was at risk of a crash.

lol its not like hes going to the salt flats

@@rocketman99 Hatchbacks are particularly bad in that regard. That’s why they have spoilers on the top of the boot lid to separate the airflow from the car. Drag from the underside of the car is often the biggest unaddressed source of drag on modern cars however…

how do you expect him to make the car lighter weight

@@flazerrazer2992 well i know few tricks but like true facts that some lighter composite carbon body parts can replace the factory ones right (like hood, trunk-door, doors, front fenders)? also carbon structural seats can shave even more weight compared to factory stock OEM.. if long trips are not mandatory daily the spare wheel can be removed shaving some more weight...

@@flazerrazer2992 Remove the spare wheel, door inserts, rear seats, carpeting, anything in the trunk, etc.

@@poplaurentiu4148 you need a huge amount of miles to cover the huge price what you have to pay for these carbon parts.

Which a 20 year old, combustion engine only, VW lupo 3l and Audi A2 (3l) can do from the factory, 100% stock. So I dont know if I would call it extreme... Extreme from what they started from perhaps, but not as a mileage number.

@Random I dont, thats why I used the Eu-mix fuel economy rating numbers. Seems unlikely their test route is much more demanding, but who knows. OP didnt state or link it, as you asked.

Maybe some big VGs underneath would help?

bruh that's something that you opt in or opt out with 1 button for most cars. You usually don't use AWD unless it's snowy or something

@@Mohas191 that's in most cars in trucks labeled 4WD. Most AWD cars you don't have the choice, and it's turning 4 wheels all the time

@@Mohas191 Pretty much every AWD car is full time AWD no choice, especially Subarus

Ik on Infiniti’s the awd decouples about 20mph and only reengages if it detects slip

Why is this a problem? Why AWD cars wouldn't benefit of aerodynamics improvements just like 2WD cars? Yeah, the gain may be relatively slightly less but in the other hand, a lot of people drive AWD cars. The same could be said of many other things in a car. Big problem starting with a gasoline car, diesel cars usually get way better mileage / efficiency. Big problem starting with car of that size, that body model, etc. countless other factors.

Tbh low friction tires are awful, would never recommend them, grip(friction) saves lives, I'd rather save some grip than save some pocket change. Plastic on the underside of vehicle is very effective tho

Increased pressure and low friction tires are both dangerous. Tires have grip for a reason

Yes, the under body creates a lot of friction, but do not forget about dissipating the exhaust heat. Replacing the outside rear view mirrors with small outside cameras and inside displays,

@@somaday2595 also if you cover the bottom you run the risk of flying off. For real.

@@somaday2595 Cause that's totally legal in the US...

Downshift.

@@drippingwax ?

@@jaxxxn_ Downshift.

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You can make trucks and SUVs more aerodynamic, too, and a 13.7% improvement would save more fuel, but a boat tail on a Suburban or minivan would be too long.

Yes, I was thinking I need to try this out on my 4Runner. Would be an interesting experiment.

Model S can only support minimal improvements unless you want to reshape the entire body. Its just too good already.

Look up Porsche 935/78, either in momo or martini racing livery.........

@@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo the whale tail!

taping body panel gaps while it sounds good in theory, air doesn't go in or out from it, this is because the air that's close to the panel is moving pretty slow, and doesn't have enough energy to go through it, and it would be easier to just go around it, rather than in it.

Too much closure in plan? Too much taper? Yes, there is detached flow. Brakes need to be cooled far less when people plan stops and downshift.

Driving a car in that manner is a lot better for traffic too imo (in terms of preventing huge backups and traffic jams) I wish more people drove like that as well.

I'm gonna assume you mean 55 on a state highway and not the interstate

@@tuckerhiggins4336 you've assumed wrong. 55 mph always. Not in a hurry and not blocking other drivers. If you like to go fast please turn on your blinkers and overtake me in the left lane. Buh-bye!

Oh, but it's nice and cushy foam. B-O-I-I-I-N-G!

@@k.b.tidwell There are safety laws about cars having to have bumpers and about objects that protrude out from the back, such as when pickup trucks are used to transport things like lumber that stick out, etc. This is why I question if your modifications are street legal. Have you looked into that? if not, you might get fined or impounded. Just saying…

Most cars Americans buy are just naturally inefficient because they're big displacement engines meant for power. Hard to make a 5 liter v8 diesel pickup truck tuned for 400 hp & 400 lb/ft any more efficient. And Americans buy these hand over fist, top 3 selling vehicles in America are all pickup trucks. The rest are SUV's and a handful of 4 door sedans. You can get like 40 mpg in something like an Altima or Corolla which is still less than a Euro hatch, but Americans just don't like small cars for whatever reason. Numerous hatchback models in 2020 were discontinued specifically in America.