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How much $$$ has your ecomodding cost you?
I know you get paid back with increased gas mileage, but just looking at
expenditures, how much money have you put into your ecomodding?
So far, I've got $67 in a homemade tonneau cover (just standard flat
style), $73 for smooth hubcaps, and $98 in an electric fan (plus temp controller & mounting kit) for my Colorado. Total: $238
In my Trailblazer SS, I have an electric-fan conversion which cost $135 and
an eco-power tuner which cost me $210 (used) and $100 for 3.42 gear set
(not yet installed...stock is 4.10). Total: $445 (but I still have to pay to have the gears installed).
That's quite a bit, so far. It's going to take a while to get that $683 back in
gas money savings. FWIW, I'd do the electric-fan conversion even if it didn't give more power or fuel economy (but it does, in fact, give both). I simply can't stand the roar of a mechanical fan or the fact that they make the engine bay look cluttered and also make it harder to work on anything in the front of the engine bay. So that's $233 that I'm not worried about getting back. I think all the other mods I'm going to do are going to be relatively cheap mods (tape, plastic, etc.)
-Tim
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