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Old 11-17-2010, 12:30 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Thanks vpoppv The car is in great shape and who ever did the conversion did and OK job of it. Not too much hack and slash. So how rare is the Xfi?

I have been keeping the car in the shop which is heated to 50 deg F. Tonights run was 5.2 miles Took a different route mostly down hill to start then after 1.5 miles there was a big hill to climb. 300 amps for 25 - 30 second then started to taper off and the amps eased up to less than 200 for the next 30 - 45 seconds. then flat again. And back to home. Took voltage readings front 2 read 12.81 and 12.82 Back 4 read 12.50 12.48 12.51 12.50. Again no hot spots any where.

Power was still good and when off the accelerator pedal volt gauge read about 75 volts. Oh yea tonight I had a passanger with me so that makes a weight difference in the car. Any way I think things are improving with the range. I will keep cycling the batteries and checking things.
Well according to MetroMPG less than 10% of all Metros

You have better readings on your batteries than mine. Now I'm really curious why you had such a short range....
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