I stumbled across a website the other day (www.ecomodder.com) some of you may already be familiar with it. I've been cruising it for the last few days. Some of the ideas are rather extreme (moon disks, boat tails and installing shrouds over wheels-ala insight), but others are pretty easy.

One idea they have that has been discussed at length here is an engine block. They're using it to keep wind from entering the grille and producing drag, but the side effect is reduced airflow. One major material they're using is something called Coroplast--it's primary use is for small signs on the side of the road (politicians, real estate, etc...). It's corrugated, light, flexible, and can be pretty much cut to any shape--I think it could be a good engine block for the FEH.

I'm interested to know what, if any, mods some of you high mpg folks have done in regards to streamlining. Somethings I'm considering:

- removing the roof crossbars (I only assume these produce measurable drag--do they?)

- adding a wiper cowl like this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/LUND-...QQcmdZViewItem


- belly pan to smooth underbody airflow from the aerodynamically "dirty" undercarriage. Still thinking about the best material, but this should be fairly straight forward.

- Powerfolding mirrors or more aerodynamic mirrors. My thought is that If I could figure out how to connect a switch/servo to the mirrors, I could fold them in around 50 mph (on the highway) and fold them back out when I get back to the city.

thoughts?