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Originally Posted by fujioko
I would really like to get the MPG up into the 60's. I have been tweaking the car with various little mods.
I have not published any experiment results since November because the winter gas formulation upset all my previous claims. So far I can only claim 45+ on winter gas.
Milling the head should give me an improvement. Is there any published data on what to expect?
Jim
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Wow Jim. Cool work! As for the MPG targets, I would think several known effective aeromods would be a breeze for you with the skills and verve you demonstrate: lower the ride 2-3 inches, put on a belly pan and/or an airdam, get LRR tires and pump them up solid, and make good aluminum rear wheel skirts using a wood hammer frame. And lastly and more involved would be to create a fastback using a donor car like some of the Miata tuners do.
But the car is cool as is too and 50mpg is a really good number. What did it originally get? 22mpg? 27?
[EDIT: correction. I wrote "Miata tuners" when what I was thinking of was Mazda in general. I think it has been mainly other models that have been chopped and "fastbacked" using donor vehicles.]