Hello from Brad Perth Australia

[bradwoodbr]

I have registered after being notified that this is the new forum. It looks really cool. From advice from the Yahoo group I took off my cars sunvisor and blocked the air inlets at the front and got around 5% improvement at 100Km/h. I am still recording fuel use/distance travelled. Am watching the temperature gauge closely over this summer to see if the radiator requires more cooling air. So far so good.

Cheers
Brad

[SVOboy]

Neat to have another australian on the board! What's the temperature like these days?

Welcome to the site!

[MetroMPG]

Hi, Brad. The sun visor you removed - was this mounted outside the car?

Welcome to the site!
Darin

[metroschultz]

Greetings and Salutations,
I am sure everyone would like to know what your driving, plan on driving and so forth. I know I would.
I'm nosy anyway.
Hope you use what info is available. S.
lurk lurk lurk

[Peter7307]

Welcome from me as well.
Always good to see another Aussie here.
I hope the fires in WA are not anywhere near you.
Temps here are hot as well 41 C (about 105 F) today with more hotness on the way.

Pete.

[bradwoodbr]

I drive a 1993 Ford Station Wagon.4.0 Litre 6 cylinder motor.
The motor is standard ex factory with no mods
I blanked the air intakes and took off the externally fitted sunvisor from the windscreen. Both these actions have given me an average 5% gain in fuel economy. On a long country drive eg 400km round trip the improvement in fuel economy is about 10%.

I want to trade to a smaller engined vehicle, but do not want to lose too much cargo carrying capacity. Any ideas from anyone who had done the downsizing exercise?

Cheers
Brad

[corvette2000]

Welcome aboard! I also join just recently and hope to learn more from everyone and anyone who will share the knowledge.