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Old 04-18-2011, 02:48 PM   #67 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
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Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata
90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

Appliance car Mirage - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 57.73 mpg (US)
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Rough guesstimate from experimenting on my car & reading other's tests...

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Originally Posted by Christ View Post
How unrealistic is it to hope for 70mpg with the following mods:
smooth wheels up front,
~1%

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rear skirts,
~2%

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mirror delete,
1 mirror ~1%

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grille block
~2-3%

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Air dam
dunno

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kill switch
Not much more than you're getting using the key :P

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Rear visor (very short kamm extension)
~1-2%

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Alt delete
~10% in my 1.0L gasser at 70 km/h

So that's a 19% boost in the upper range, @ 50 mpg baseline = 59.5

Most of my measurements were made at 50-55 mph though.

Give or take.
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