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Originally Posted by office888
In short, for under $500, my car would actually be able to merge onto the highway.
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That is an amazingly cheap set up. If you do this, contribute some real data to these discussions with some good testing, please? Could you get yourself a rigorously recorded baseline of mileage for a while before you install the turbo and then with the turbo installed? Drive it under similar conditions for a few weeks, before and after? I'd like to see what you get.
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Originally Posted by office888
Highway, I need to remember to pay attention to my RPM. I just know my fuel economy starts to drop off at about 68 mph. I think that's about 2500 rpm or so.
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That sounds about right, man. With your taller gearing, assuming that CRX engine is otherwise similar. On my car, with your gearing, I might expect the line to be at 2500 rpms.
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Originally Posted by office888
I have gotten 55 mpg with this car before. That won't be possible again until next summer though. Back to the snow tires.
Welcome to Michigan.
That reminds me, I need to do a block heater.
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I'd buy the turbo but do the block heater first. The block heater is certain to improve FE:
http://www.metrompg.com/posts/warm-up-idling.htm.