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Originally Posted by CigaR007
Congrats on the new car. The Protege5 is a great platform.  |
thanks, I love it, since getting the SG2 yesterday, Ive been able to really pay attention to my mileage, and have seen it hit 52mpg a couple of times, but it isnt consistent
I am a little disappointed by its gas mileage though, I was expecting at least 31mpg "out of the box" so to speak, and the only way Ive been able to achieve that is by using some hypermiling techniques, which means being able to reach my goal of 40mpg isnt going to be easy, not at all. the sad thing is that Im actually getting better mpg at the moment driving in the city than on the hwy, by really watching my acceleration and braking patterns, Im averaging about 32-33 in the city, but my hwy (@ 60-65mph) is a measly 29-30mpg at best.
found my answer in regards to swapping the 626 trans, it is a straight swap, but I have to use a 4 cyl trans, the 6cyl (which has the tallest gearing of the G-series trans) wont swap, all I can use from it is the 5th gear, which is a "plug n play" situation, thankfully
anyways, onto my current project, and up to stg 2
filled in the center and brought it out some, to the point of only needing some "filler" to bring it out beyond the edge for trimming, and wont be able to skip to stage 4, so it really will be a 5 stage project
however, nothing more will be accomplished for the rest of the day as this stuff (latex based polyurethane foam) literally takes forever to cure.
so tomorrow will be my next update, but at least its coming along nicely and should allow me to produce a fairly seamless transition.