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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Congrats, Rick! Nice to see you managed to bag one.
(Special request: please don't call it a "HI-2".  Some sites are maddening in their use of acronyms that make it hard for newbies coming fresh to the world of high effciency cars & mods to ease into new knowledge. Why add more TLA hurdles?)
Happy to see another hybrid join the fleet. Envious even! Looking forward to following your progress with it. |
Thanks! (and request granted) It was a lazy shortcut on my part (and ends up making it harder to find in a search, as I've learned). I shall further call it "The Second Generation, Two-Thousand Ten, Honda Insight 5-Door"
...or next gen Insight.
...and not to worry, Teggy will continue with more aggressive modification and is planned for many of the 104-mile roundtrip airport runs (and long, dusty parking durations).
As far as mods for the Insight, once Winter goes away, the tires will be maxed on pressure -- otherwise, I need to monitor engine parameters for how it handles higher temps (read: grille block, warm air intake, etc.) Probably not a lot until the 3/36 is up on the warranty). The dual ignition may benefit from higher octane with higher temps, but it's only a theory. There is some "Atkinsonization " under certain loads, so I'm sure it has a host of sensors to prevent excessive knock or too-lean-burn. I may see what Prius owners have done and adapt...
-Rick