The Anal Probe

[Sven7]

Figure I'll set up a little thread here to keep all the crap in one place.

I bought this for cheap last summer to keep the Rabbit out of the snow, which never came. This Probe has driven from Minnesota to Detroit to Grand Rapids to Flint to Atlanta, MI and back to Minnesota. It's got around 191,000 miles. I replaced the alternator in the school parking garage this spring. I got to have a photoshoot with a scantily clad lady lying on it in the Detroit ghetto. I've camped in the car and gotten pulled over in multiple states. There are lots of memories in the Probe already... but on with the facts.

1992 Ford Probe GL 2.2L 12V 5spd

Beater/hypermiler/art car.

And before anyone asks, that's not cardboard- it's corrugated plastic campaign signs.

Ecomod list, all done by me of course:
partial belly pans, front and rear
grille blocks
flat wheel covers
front air dam
front wheel flares
side mirrors deleted
rear wheel skirts
antenna moved to interior
rear seat delete
all rear interior panels removed
rear seatbelts and retractors removed

Planned mods:
24" partial boat tail
fixed headlights
full belly pan
revised front end with low stagnation point
rad fan indicator light
vacuum gauge
MPGuino
kill switch
Front wheel skirts
LRR tires

OG thread http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...obe-18508.html

MPG

EPA: 21/28 combined:24

Lifetime average as of right now: 39.2



August 2011




March 2012

Dazzle by Tyler Linner, on Flickr


Photoshoot by Tyler Linner, on Flickr

August 2012

UFO Recovery Bureau by Tyler Linner, on Flickr

Love it or hate it, it exists and that makes me happy.

It's going on insurance in a couple weeks so I need to get my butt in gear and fabricate the boat tail. It should improve aero by around 20% and MPG by around 10% (at 55mph, more at higher speeds). That should give me tank averages around 44mpg for steady cruising at 60mph.

I want to get this thing's aero to the point that I don't have to do engine off coasting, pulse and glide and all that stuff to get lower 40's on every tank. I will definitely continue to coast with the engine on, drive with load and all that other good stuff.

This car is where some of my automotive whims come to fruition.

Anyway, enjoy.

[SLK]

Awesome. I love both paint jobs.

[Sven7]

Other mischief, because I like turtles:

Aero testing early on

Tuft Testing by Tyler Linner, on Flickr

On my way to the Lake Superior Performance Rally 2011

Fall by Tyler Linner, on Flickr

Camping at Bus Boo. Probe dressed up like a VW SP2.

Costume Contest at Bus Boo by Tyler Linner, on Flickr

Figuring out that the alternator's broken... after midnight in metro Detroit

Is this the end? by Tyler Linner, on Flickr

Across the street from the Packard Plant

Going to the Grocery Store by Tyler Linner, on Flickr

Prototype boat tail that didn't last.

Skinned the box by Tyler Linner, on Flickr

Experimental Box Cavity that didn't seem to work

Tailgate Box Cavity by Tyler Linner, on Flickr

Cheers! :mrgreen:

[alpineE30]

This year you can put collectors on it. I vote "anal".

[palmer]

If you squint, it looks like a supra.

[mnboarder1]

How do your parents let you park that at their house?

cool concept but I would never do something like that, gas isn't that expensive

[Casper]

Hey Chris,

How do you tell your friends that you actually bought your car with your money?

[Stumanbmx]

So, I'm pretty sure I used to hate this thing. But now I love it.

It's always fun to see something new and different. Keep it up, Sven.

Hey Chris,

How do you tell your friends that you actually bought your car with your money?

I lol'd. Silly fluxe46.

[SLK]

I lol'd. Silly fluxe46.

that made my night.

[20VT]

this is so cool.

[natehack5]

How do your parents let you park that at their house?

cool concept but I would never do something like that, gas isn't that expensive

Would never do something like that, or could never do something like that...

Keep up the great imagination Sven. Love it.

[mnboarder1]

Hey Chris,

How do you tell your friends that you actually bought your car with your money?

You mad because I can afford cars that are worth more than yours or something? You're a fuckin prick.

[palmer]

You should stop posting in this thread.

[Bryce]

I want to say "ruined by Sven7", but.....I can't. I simply can't.

The things you do with this car never cease to amaze, or at least amuse me. Keep having fun with it .

[Sven7]

How do your parents let you park that at their house?

We live in from the road a ways.

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Thanks to most of you for the positive feedback and for not trolling.

Bought some aluminum bar today so it's time to redo the rear belly pan and design the boat tail structure.

Got a decent picture of it. The front needs some work before I post that. New grille block, and probably take off the turn signal/fog light aero lenses.

Not a bad paint job for about $20 in supplies.


Rear by Tyler Linner, on Flickr