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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