At the light there are many people who are unhappy with series-produced products and seeking to somehow improve their performance. Amateur improvements in some areas “grew up” in the entire industry to take, for example, car tuning. Most of the vehicles are tuning in order to increase their capacity and improve the appearance, but there are other directions.
For example, the Internet community, there Ecomodder.com , where cars are improved to make them more environmentally friendly – reduce fuel consumption, the amount of harmful emissions etc. One community member, Darren Cosgrove (Darin Cosgrove), presented the results of a simple aerodynamic experiment.
He took the serial Pontiac Firefly and attached a “streamlined tail to it (judging by the photos, made almost from the adhesive tape and cardboard) in length 137 cm the results were very interesting – the car has reduced its drag coefficient from 0.34 to 0.23, and fuel consumption at a speed of 90 km/h fell immediately to the 15.1 per cent. To obtain a proven, Darren Cosgrove drove three segments according to the scheme ABA (with the “tail”, without him, and again with him) – and the results of the first and third segments entirely coincided.
Thus, it was proved that the presence of the rigid rear contributes greatly to fuel economy and improves the efficiency of any car. It remains to wait for that on this occasion “say” automakers.
Materials on the topic:
– Concept Lamborghini Reventon – Fighter on the road;
– Video of the Day: Jeep vehicles as a musical instrument;
– Avtodaydzhest. Issue number 29.
