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JoshuaM · 10-06-2009, 12:47 AM

Hi All,

Good to be here - I've always been interested in ecomodding - to the extend that I've even been involved in Solar Car racing.

Now I've bought an old banger E30 BMW 6-cylinder - and I honestly was not prepared for the fuel consumption - I didn't think a 2-liter could do this.

I'm looking at 7 km/liter - where 15 km/liter is what it should do, IMHO.

So - to work - this is the plan:

Lean out the mixture - (open loop control - no issues with Cat Converter)
Ignition Timing to current fuel grades
TC lock-up at low speed
Cylinder deactivation - running on less rather than 6 - gets a bit more complicated since I want to alternate the cylinders which are off and on, and have a range of options at hand to miss beats here and there, so to stay to WOT as close as possible.

Cheers - Joshua

wish me luck...

10-06-2009, 12:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
JoshuaM EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Singapore Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	New here - to tackle an old BMW e30 guzzler Hi All, Good to be here - I've always been interested in ecomodding - to the extend that I've even been involved in Solar Car racing. Now I've bought an old banger E30 BMW 6-cylinder - and I honestly was not prepared for the fuel consumption - I didn't think a 2-liter could do this. I'm looking at 7 km/liter - where 15 km/liter is what it should do, IMHO. So - to work - this is the plan: Lean out the mixture - (open loop control - no issues with Cat Converter) Ignition Timing to current fuel grades TC lock-up at low speed Cylinder deactivation - running on less rather than 6 - gets a bit more complicated since I want to alternate the cylinders which are off and on, and have a range of options at hand to miss beats here and there, so to stay to WOT as close as possible. Cheers - Joshua wish me luck...