Modifying the Aerodynamics of Your Road Car

This is a simple and clear read on how to improve the daily driver car aerodynamics. Many topics also apply to track cars. Thus, the daily driver performance can be improved in terms of power needed for a given road speed, of gas mileage (fuel economy) and of noise reduction for comfort by reducing the car drag. Suggested modifications and add-ons represent often what the car manufacturer did not want to pay for or did not apply yet as of time of manufacturing. Julian Edgar has long experimented and written on various car topics for the now defunct autospeed.com web site. The book is well documented with technical details, pictures, how to's and, best of all, is supported by an extended biography of technical and scientific papers including recent studies by road car engineers. I strongly recommend this book to car modifiers, to "ecomodders", to car hobbyists as a guide to experiment and succeed at improving a car performance without wasting time on useless mods.

Ce livre est vraiment très bien, le bon niveau entre complexité et accessibilité des concepts.

Dieses Buch habe ich für mein Mann gekauft. Er war super begeistert 👌

I just finished reading my copy of the book. Excellent job. This book could be more accurately titled "The Ecomodders Aerodynamic Bible". I have modified my truck for improved gas mileage. Some things worked, some did not. This book told my why some things did not work, and what I have to do make other things work better. The entire book is easily understandable by normal people. One does not need to be an engineer or scientist to understand it and use the information.I now know why my wheel covers did not affect the gas mileage.My air dam also did not affect the gas mileage. I now know how to find out why, and then what to do about it. Full disclosure: The old air dam was made of brittle plastic and was in several pieces held together with Gorilla tape. There should be room for drag reduction.My 100% grille block has never caused overheating, even on a long upgrade at 91 deg F with the AC running. I think I should look further into that also. There's room to further reduce drag, especially in winter.

Ho acquistato questo libro perchè cercavo suggerimenti pratici per ottimizzare l'aerodinamica di un automobile.Sicuramente questo libro è di aiuto. Raccoglie indicazioni interessanti.