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Originally Posted by SVOboy
I imagine you have a pretty short transmission, but who know. What's your highway speed?
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On that stretch, maximum of 62mph (100kph). Although, on that "highway" stretch, it was mostly 70-80kph, or 43-49mph, with a few red lights.
I imagine I can do better than that given a real live proper highway.
It feels like it isn't doing that much work at 90kph. When it gets up to 100kph and above, it feels like it is revving. Once I get my aero mods done, I am sure that it will feel like it is loafing along at that speed and I will need to get wheels/diff to go with it.
That's part of the problem with measuring straight mpg after performing mods. For example, after outfitting the car with every aero mod under the sun and lrr tyres, a switch to higher gearing will make the gearing look artificially good. Anyway.
I think that there is good potential for making a car like mine into an FE beastie, after looking at airplanes. It's handy that it is both short and that the engine is in the front, and it is a relatively smooth curve to the top and at the front. If I can fair the wheels and the undercarriage effectively, that takes care of the front of it. It's then only a matter of being able to extend the back far enough to make the boattail work.
I wonder how much the boattail will weigh. I figure that it won't be able to come back to a point, for one I need my license visible. I will need some perspex or something similar so that the lights at the back are visible to anyone. Also, I'd like to be able to see out the back so that will need to be perspex or something I can see out of anyway.
But if it's not load bearing, then it should be able to be really light, like hopefully less than 100kg.
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