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Old 03-28-2010, 01:30 AM   #22 (permalink)
RandomFact314
My Goal: 35 MPG All Day
 
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1NZ-FE (Year 1) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
Team Toyota
Last 3: 34.02 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Year 2) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 33.32 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Year 3) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 35.32 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Year 4) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 34 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Year 5) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 26.87 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Years 6,7,8) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 28.6 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Years 9,10,11) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 27.8 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Years 12,13,14) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 28.73 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by MARTINSR View Post
You're right..... I am new to this ecomodding thinking so give me some room here. I know in racing you wouldn't want that air under the car as it would effect the traction. But in ecommoding, is that a bad thing? All this turns into a serious gray area I think.

Brian
If your having trouble wondering if the air dam vs. frontal area confuses you, your should look at this: He got like a 6.25% improvement in MPG with one... Its a very good article that helped me with learning some of the hypermiling basics...

$11 worth of mods plus new tires – Car and Driver improves MPG by 25%
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