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hey all,
quick update on the aspire. I have been working on getting a few things fixed in order to make it registerable. it needs a headlight fix, some new relays (common issue if any of you have aspire/festivas). meanwhile i am trying to get a good baseline mileage. I drove my first tank of gas like a jerk (trying to drive exactly as inefficient traffic does). This yeilded the following results:
297.2 miles
7.4 gallons
40.16 MPG (pretty good for trying to not hyper mile at all)
I am currently testing a tank of gas with tire pressure up (at 44, tires rated at 44) and hypermiling all the way.
The reason for this test, is with the van, I started hypermiling as I did the aero mods, and I think I may have falsely attributed some fuel savings to the aero mods. in the effort of being as scientific as possible I am trying to get some good base idea of what kind of mileage this car is really capable of.
After this tank i'll be doing the following mods this weekend:
smooth wheels
air dam
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