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Jyden · 07-13-2010, 05:27 AM

As I'm out of job for the time beeing, I don't commute, and the cars is mostly beeing used for shorter trips locally, and this has a tendensy to kill milage, but naturaly driving less also meens using less gas.

Lately the wheater warmed up, and I have seen som improvements in milage lately.

The wamer wheather also promted me to get back in to some of the planned mods, one of which was to remove and reasemble a badly fitted front bumper, which had som big gaps between parts and also between bumber and bodywork.

So I pulled the bumber, put it together properly and refittet it. At the same time, I did a partial lower grille block with black gaffa tape. In this very warm wheather, is was a good time to test that.

Also I removed the licenseplate holder, and pop riveted the plate flush to the bumber.

Finally I also got around to do a pair of rear wheel skirts. I used som 0,6 mm aluminium plate I had. Outlined the size of the wheel well on tracing paper, and cut the plates. Painted and fitted with welcro.

As the plate is rather thin, and I did not want to make a lower bracket, I kept the skirts a bit small so that they stay free of the wheel. Also I wanted to keep an easy acces to the wheel for cheking pressure, so I only covered the upper halv of the wheel well.

So far the have stayed in place.

I will put up some pics later today.

Havent done any tests, but scangauge indicates an improved milage from all this. I have just refilled the tank, so this tank should reveal the impact of the mods.

For the first 130 km's of the tank, I'm at an avarage of 20.3 km/liter = 47.75 mpg, which so far is the highest for this car as long as I've been driving it.
But it will drop with more small trips later on this tank.

For now I have dropped the plans for mounting bellypans. The front end underbody is farly smooth due to factory panels, and the rear end is not too bad. But I migh reconsider later on.

Next is deleting the radio antenna, or relocating it, and then I'm going to do some test on some kind of kamback.

Pics:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-jy...side-wiew.html

http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-jy...ill-block.html

07-13-2010, 05:27 AM	#47 (permalink)
Jyden Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Denmark, Europe Posts: 338 Enduro E-bike - '11 PowerPedals Enduro 90 day: 2236 mpg (US) Jota - '14 Toyota Yaris Hybrid H1 90 day: 53.11 mpg (US) Thanks: 138 Thanked 42 Times in 35 Posts	Update and further mods As I'm out of job for the time beeing, I don't commute, and the cars is mostly beeing used for shorter trips locally, and this has a tendensy to kill milage, but naturaly driving less also meens using less gas. Lately the wheater warmed up, and I have seen som improvements in milage lately. The wamer wheather also promted me to get back in to some of the planned mods, one of which was to remove and reasemble a badly fitted front bumper, which had som big gaps between parts and also between bumber and bodywork. So I pulled the bumber, put it together properly and refittet it. At the same time, I did a partial lower grille block with black gaffa tape. In this very warm wheather, is was a good time to test that. Also I removed the licenseplate holder, and pop riveted the plate flush to the bumber. Finally I also got around to do a pair of rear wheel skirts. I used som 0,6 mm aluminium plate I had. Outlined the size of the wheel well on tracing paper, and cut the plates. Painted and fitted with welcro. As the plate is rather thin, and I did not want to make a lower bracket, I kept the skirts a bit small so that they stay free of the wheel. Also I wanted to keep an easy acces to the wheel for cheking pressure, so I only covered the upper halv of the wheel well. So far the have stayed in place. I will put up some pics later today. Havent done any tests, but scangauge indicates an improved milage from all this. I have just refilled the tank, so this tank should reveal the impact of the mods. For the first 130 km's of the tank, I'm at an avarage of 20.3 km/liter = 47.75 mpg, which so far is the highest for this car as long as I've been driving it. But it will drop with more small trips later on this tank. For now I have dropped the plans for mounting bellypans. The front end underbody is farly smooth due to factory panels, and the rear end is not too bad. But I migh reconsider later on. Next is deleting the radio antenna, or relocating it, and then I'm going to do some test on some kind of kamback. Pics: http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-jy...side-wiew.html http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-jy...ill-block.html Last edited by Jyden; 07-13-2010 at 06:12 AM..