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Olympiadis
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Illinois
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White2003Focus - '03 Ford Focus SE 4-door sedan
Team Ford
90 day: 38.53 mpg (US)

White2001S10pickup - '01 Chevy S10 extended cab LR
Last 3: 24.51 mpg (US)

1989DodgeOMNI - '89 Dodge Omni
Last 3: 30.38 mpg (US)

1991ChevyC1500pickup - '91 Chevy C1500
Last 3: 24.03 mpg (US)

White1986Irocz - '86 Chevy Irocz LB9
Last 3: 30.14 mpg (US)

1999 C5 Corvette - '99 Chevy Corvette

2008 Infinity G37 - '08 Infinity G37
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Hello from Illinois / Saint Louis area

I'm 44 years old and I'm an old-school ecomodder/hypermiler having started in 1990 (when I was 24) with the purchase of my first non-carbureted vehicle (a 1986 Chevy Irocz), and taking my first cues from one of David Vizard's earlier books called "Performance with Economy".
I had been drag racing carbureted V8 vehicles since 1988, but became interested in hypermiling and fuel economy after discovering how good the fuel mileage was from my fuel injected Irocz.

I now own all of David Vizards books, and the following vehicles which are used for daily commuting, highway trips, work/hauling, and some drag-racing.

1986 Chevy Irocz
1989 Chevy Irocz
1989 Dodge Omni
2001 Chevy S10
2003 Ford Focus

and as a MPG project:
1991 Chevy C1500 full-sized pickup truck.

My experience over the years has been with hypermiling, data collection/test-equipment, drag racing, engine building, cylinder head porting and reconditioning (machining & valve-jobs), tuning of carburetors, TBI, and MPFI fuel injection, tuning/calibration/recoding of ECM and PCM systems of computer engine controls.

I have some experience, but consider myself a beginner at welding, fabrication, and building electronic circuits.

I would like to converse/collaborate with someone who is more experienced with building electronic circuits for controlling certain automotive functions.

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