OK......must sleep .......must stop obsession with MPG
Got the front grille blocked
blocked grille tonite...
And had some positive results.
I was driving the same route that I had tested the block grille on today, so last night I got out a corrigated box that was in pretty good shape.
I already have factory abs plastic panels that cover the bottom and the front wheel wells. But the IMPUL body kit is 2 inches lower so the factory abs doesnt match up.
My goal was to address this front 18 inches and do the rest of the undercarrage later.
So yes, I cut up the cardboard and tapped it under there!!!!
BUT I left the ABS inplace......
Yes, it liiks pretty wimpy but it actually is pretty tight. I used clear packing tabe to seal everything up (temporary ...
i even matched the 'shields' in front of the tires that where on the factory panels
So off i go around 11 am. (same time as the blocked grille runs and same temp uotside 68)
same 7 mile section of highway 80.
60 mph 28mpg tires 42 (east bound)
61 mpg 30.1 mpg tires 42 (west bound)
30 MPG!!!!@!@!!@@#$%#$*$*%U$H I #Y&I
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I had to head across town to hwy 50.
On the drive back - along a flat section
61 mph 30.8mpg!!!!!!
THis is the recap screen. when you resent the mpg screen it saves thelast7-8 mpg readings.
Notice that the max is 30!!!!!
I realize that the name of the game is 3 tanks, lifetime etc....
But I want to be able to get all the areo stuff done before my trip to Texas in Jan.
Im beginning to think that 33-35 might be posssible over a 10 hour day on the trip.