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Old 03-01-2010, 04:01 PM   #1 (permalink)
ccrider
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old red taco - '02 toyota tacoma regular cab
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tacoma aerocap ABA test

here is the ABA test on my Tacoma aerocap.

my truck is a 2002 Toyota Tacoma regular cab with a 2.4 4 cylinder engine 5 speed transmission with 206,000 miles on it. the truck has no mechanical problems, no check engine light, or any issues that i know of.

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it has the following modifications.

80% grill block
44 psi in tires
k&n drop in air filter
scangauge II
hot air intake
removed mud flaps
aerocap
smooth hub caps

i did the test on rt 192 west of Melbourne Florida. it is a 65 MPH speed limit road with some mild turns, one canal bridge with about a 5 ft rise over the water. other than that it is very straight flat 2 lane road. i used a 7.3 mile section and did 2 east and west runs for each portion of the test. i do not have cruise control so i used my gps to keep speed. i watched the average speed along with the actual speed and tried to keep the speed at 65 MPH and if i saw the average go up or down from 65 i would try to change my speed by a few tenths of a mph to keep the average at 65 mph. i think it was really accurate. i rarely was off more than 1 mph but i will include the average speed in each run

weather condition were taken from a weather station a few miles from the test road. i started the tests at 10:30 am with a temp of 62 degrees and winds out of the NE at 5 mph gusting to 7 mph and i finished the tests at 2pm with temps at 66 degrees with wind out of the NE at 6 mph gusting to 10 mph




A......west....................................eas t

run 1 27.8 mpg 65.0 average mph 25.6 mpg 64.9 average mph

run 2 27.7 mpg 64.9 average mph 25.8 mpg 65.0 average mph


A average 26.725 mpg





B......west...................................east

run 1 26.5 mpg 65.0 average mph 24.7 mpg 64.9 average mph

run 2 26.9 mpg 65.0 average mph 25.0 mpg 65.0 average mph


B average 25.775




A.....west.................................east

run 1 28.0 mpg 65.0 average mph 26.2 mpg 64.average mph

run 2 28.1 mpg 65.0 average mph 25.7 mpg 64.9 average mph


A average 27 mpg



all A average 26.863
B average 25.775


gain 1.088 mpg




when i had runs that i discarded due to problems with gps and truck interference i took some runs at different speeds just to see what i would get.

i did one run without the cap west at 75 mpg average 22.4 mpg
i did one run with the cap west at 75 mpg average 23.8mpg
i did one run with the cap east at 55 mpg average 30.2 mpg


Last edited by ccrider; 03-02-2010 at 11:49 PM..
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