Still a lot of underbody clutter there, don't expect any mpg improvement. Next underbody project is protecting underside of front diff, and a couple more bars on the stock engine guard. I still haven't found that darned outboard motor bracket...
Alistair
> On Nov 20, 2013, at 4:08 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > > Nice Nice Nice. I am confident as I am sure you are that it will keep things clean under there. But what I want to know, and you will eventually find out, is what does it do to your top speed and gas mileage? Seems to me on a vanagon there is as much to gain cleaning up the airflow below as there is above. > > Jim, who has been messing with boat bracketry lately and not Vanagons. > > President, Felder Enterprises. Quality for the gentry, priced for the common man. > > >> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: >> Mr Miller, I need to thank you for the nice welding equipment bearing your name that was used to make the "bell belly belt". >> >> I couldn't have cinched in my underparts without it :) >> >> Alistair >> >> >> >> > On Nov 20, 2013, at 3:27 PM, Mike Miller <mwmiller6@att.net> wrote: >> > >> > The Bell Belly Belt? >> > >> > >> >> On Nov 20, 2013, at 3:14 PM, Alistair Bell wrote: >> >> >> >> finally finished, mostly, the light underbody protection plate I started some weeks ago. It is meant to protect the coolant lines, heater lines, and the shift linkage from flying debris and build up of slush/ice. It is not meant to protect against boulders :) >> >> >> >> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/11/20/vanagon-syncro-more-underbody-protection-pretty-well-finished/ >> >> >> >> alistair >> > > |
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