My Lotus Elise EV has both air dam and under body pans from front to back so it is totally flat underneath.
I guess if Lotus fit them then there must be a reason as Colin Chapman, the founder, was known for not adding anything unless"it increased lightness". :-) Russ -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 18/9/14, Peter C. Thompson via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: Subject: Re: [EVDL] Under Body Pan To: ev@lists.evdl.org Date: Thursday, 18 September, 2014, 15:45 Hi Buddy, I actually installed an air dam to improve the airflow. I also added some air guides on the side of the car to help direct airflow around the passenger compartment. It really depends on the aerodynamics of your car as to what would improve it. I got lucky in that a professor did a study on the Porsche 914, and showed where to improve the car. Wheel covers provide a huge improvement, BTW - more than fender skirts. Cheers, Peter On 9/18/14, 7:37 AM, Buddy Mills via EV wrote: > Has anyone else installed a body pan for aerodynamics? I just put one under > my electercel front to back, minus a 9" for a fan intake. .064 Sheet > aluminum with some 1" square tube under the motor bay for support. After > doing my regular drive of 84 miles round trip several times it seems to > getting 3% to 6% increase in mileage at ~50mph avg. I am thinking fender > skirts on the rear next. > > > > Buddy Mills > > <mailto:buddymi...@cox.net> buddymi...@cox.net > > > > Look mom, no gas. <http://www.evalbum.com/2887> http://www.evalbum.com/2887 > > > > Disclaimer: No animals were harmed or killed in the process of writing this > email. Any stories to the contrary are, for the most part, either fictional > or greatly exaggerated. > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140918/e6476025/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
