Mullet's Metro Project

[Chris D.]

Originally Posted by Johnny Mullet

I am going to also cut Singh grooves into this head for experimental purposes and fuel economy testing.........

Hey Johnny..

could you go into a little detail on the concept of the singh grooves?
link to some info maybe?

looks interesting..

[Johnny Mullet]

More info on the Singh grooves can be found here..............
Somender Singh grooves in a Geo Metro!
SOMENDER-SINGH.com - Home

I have not performed that mod on the extra head yet since I am still waiting for the port and polish job to be finished. I did update my fuel log since the cam and gear swap and noticed almost 2 MPG increase, but this was only one tank.

I am also finally starting on my headlamp covers..............



I also removed the Airtabs. They really did nothing for fuel economy, so I got rid of them. I like the natural lines of these cars anyway.

[Johnny Mullet]

New window sticker..................

[brucepick]

Hi Johnny Mullet - I remember you from the Volvo message boards. Good to see ya here!

[bennelson]

Originally Posted by Johnny Mullet

New window sticker..................

Please tell me you made more of those stickers.

I could use 3 or 4!

[Johnny Mullet]

I will tell ya what ben, You show up for GeoPalooza 2009 and I will give you 3 or 4 of them with your choice of background color

[Johnny Mullet]

Now it's time for body work. My rear 1/4 panels are in pretty rough shape and I want to get the car looking good for Geopalooza 2009. I am not really good at body work, but started this job anyway even though I don't have factory matching paint.



I got up bright and early and borrowed the shop to do some body work. I wanted to get started on the rocker panels since there are holes starting........



This might seem kind of Redneck, but I covered the holes with duct tape......



And then applied the mud...........



I masked it, and sanded it down..........



Then paint............





Now the rear fenders...........









And the end result is not too bad.............







Here is a distance shot after washing the car............



I then got home and got to work with this stuff........



Spent a total of 9 hours doing bodywork and washing and waxing.......



I'm done............

[bennelson]

Lookin' badass, Johnny!

[alohaspirit]

did you grind away any of this before you ducted?

[Christ]

Lemme know how that Singh groove things works out for you.

If it works (regardless of what people think) it would have tremendous application availability on the Honda Lean Burn (D15Z1) engine, as they have quench pads on either side of the combustion chambers and a straight up ignition plug design.