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texanidiot25 · 06-08-2010, 10:39 PM

The missfire is damn near gone! Only shows up for a few miles or so on a restart, but other than that the car can putt along in 5th gear at 30mph all day long, and get up to freeway speeds from there with no issue. I'd have to say the heavy-load issue is just about gone. Fuel economy reflected it, as the car finally met the EPA numbers, at 41.38 mpg! The only driving change is short shifting and skip shifting where ever possible since the car can now actually do so!

Also, got tired of the LOOK AT ME ECONOMY CAR wheels, and painted them up a little. Still pondering how to treat the center caps, silver or black.

06-08-2010, 10:39 PM	#42 (permalink)
texanidiot25 Master EcoModder Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 331 Formula - '96 Firebird Formula/Trans-Am 90 day: 19.31 mpg (US) Thanks: 8 Thanked 31 Times in 18 Posts	The missfire is damn near gone! Only shows up for a few miles or so on a restart, but other than that the car can putt along in 5th gear at 30mph all day long, and get up to freeway speeds from there with no issue. I'd have to say the heavy-load issue is just about gone. Fuel economy reflected it, as the car finally met the EPA numbers, at 41.38 mpg! The only driving change is short shifting and skip shifting where ever possible since the car can now actually do so! Also, got tired of the LOOK AT ME ECONOMY CAR wheels, and painted them up a little. Still pondering how to treat the center caps, silver or black. __________________ Lets see how far it can go "All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it. [...] But the man who creates the music is hearing something else, is dealing with the roar rising from the void and imposing order on it as it hits the air. What is evoked in him, then, is of another order, more terrible because it has no words, and triumphant, too, for the same reason. And his triumph, when he triumphs, is ours." -Sonny's Blues