EOC has huge rewards!

[daring4]

I took a trip this morning to look at another car for my stable and found several places to kill the injectors and coast...was over 41mpg before I stopped for beer

[cfg83]

daring4 -

Most Egg-Salad! (excellent)

CarloSW2

[Angmaar]

Thats an awesome gain!

[daring4]

I learned how from you guys! My tank avg is 31 right now and I'm not at a half tank yet, previous was 26.5ish this site rocks!

Darin

[daring4]

Ok I got bored and blocked my grill so now the front end is totally smooth. The rad can still get air from under the car so I think I'll be OK...

[moorecomp]

You do have to watch it so the cooling fan does not run too much, as the extra draw on the alternator will take back some of the mpg's gained by the grill block.

I don't know how it is on your car, but mine has a lot of vacuum in reserve for multiple brake applications. If you need more vacuum reserve during your periods of EOC, check the site for some who have made additional vacuum reservoirs from pvc pipe.

[daring4]

Watched me temp guage like a hawk on the way home and the temp didnt change from open grill. My car has a large opening under the front end with an air dam behind it, the radiator sits at about a 45 deg angle. May not work when it gets to 110 though!

My brakes work great with the limited amount of EOC I do, not many hills that would require more than one push. And Fieros dont have power steering so thats a bonus!

[Ford Man]

[QUOTE=daring4;169339]Watched me temp guage like a hawk on the way home and the temp didnt change from open grill. May not work when it gets to 110 though! [QUOTE]

I'm running a full grill block year around on my '88 Escort Pony and even in the middle of the summer the temperature never gets above about 200*- 205*F while I'm on the highway, and usually runs about 190*-195*F. Where you will really need to keep an eye on your temperature is in city/stop and go driving. I have my cooling fan on a toggle switch so I can control it's operation and have never had any problems with overheating even if I wait until the temperature reaches 220*-230* in stop and go traffic before I turn on the fan. Within seconds of turning the fan on I start to see the temperature drop even if the car isn't moving. It also gets lots of air from underneath and it's radiator sits at 90* from the road surface so if yours is at 45* you probably get more air circulation than I do.

[daring4]

Not sure that NC ambient temps are close to Az summers where we have hit 122! Doesn't your car have a fan switch that will turn on at a certain temp? Mine turns on at 205 but I have a 185 deg that I might put in soon if I need a little extra cooling. 230 isn't good for your engine! My fan is a two speed unit that runs kinda slow if the A/C is on then faster when it hits 205.

[Ford Man]

Originally Posted by daring4

Not sure that NC ambient temps are close to Az summers where we have hit 122! Doesn't your car have a fan switch that will turn on at a certain temp? Mine turns on at 205 but I have a 185 deg that I might put in soon if I need a little extra cooling. 230 isn't good for your engine! My fan is a two speed unit that runs kinda slow if the A/C is on then faster when it hits 205.

AZ temperatures get a quite a bit hotter than NC, but NC has a much higher percentage of humidity, but I'm not sure what effect that has on engine temperature if any. Most summers our highest temperatures will run 100-105* F with the normal highs being 90-100* F. As for the higher temperatures I run the engine at, that car has 506K+ miles on the original engine without a rebuild or even having the head off of it. Also the presurized cooling system on a car raises the boiling temperature, a cooling system running 15psi raises the boiling point to 250* @ sea level and most cooling systems run 15-17 psi on their cooling system.

I don't think you'll have any problems with overheating if you have good air flow from underneath your car and your cooling system is clean and filled with 50/50 water/anti freeze, but as I said before I'd keep a close eye on it in city/stop and go traffic until I was sure.