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Would you save car fuel by doing aero modifications?

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In Malaysia, the Honda Civic EG hatchback, or Bullet, is a handsome, high-selling car. This article is just a piece of information sharing, no offence to Civic fans.

The novel and bizarre installation seen here is a Hyper-Miler Honda Civic EG, named the Aero-Civic by its makers. It was transformed by Mike Turner, an American EcoModder. He will upload photos of his cars to his website--aerocivic.com.

Before I get to the point. Let's take a look at what hyper-miling is.

Hyper-miling is an extremely energy-efficient way of driving that minimizes the consumption of every drop of fuel. In this case, everything else can be compromised.

While not the best-looking car, the Turner Aero-Civic gets 95 miles per gallon and gets 2.48 liters per 100 kilometers at 104 kilometers per hour (according to the Aero-Civic website).The fuel consumption of the 2016 Toyota Prius at the same speed is 3.9L / 100km.Aero modifications include a "steamboat like tail," wheel lid, exterior rearview mirror removal, and full car coat cover. Most Civic EG fans would disagree with the changes to the aviation Civic.

The Aero-Civic can save even more fuel with some aviation modifications. Cars have different aerodynamic forces to achieve different goals. In the case of uphill trucks, maximum downforce can be increased by aerodynamic design.

The Hyper-Miler was designed to be the most streamlined shape possible, the teardrop shape, so it looked very strange.

Mercedes-benz IAA concept car and McLaren's Speedtail do just that. Of course they have more money to do this design.

Mercedes-Benz Concept IAA
McLaren Speedtail

These Aero mod designs by the Hyper-Miler maker are ugly, but they work.Your fuel economy card, freely rotating intake fan and magic magnet won't really help you achieve better fuel savings.

If you don't want your car to look like a weird spaceship, here are some tips to improve your fuel economy:

With fuel prices rising again after the launch of Movement Control Order, a return to fuel economy may make sense. We definitely miss the RM1.25/ litre of RON 95 price.

This article is republished from Wapcar under license.


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