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Old 04-30-2012, 10:49 AM   #18 (permalink)
bobo333
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F Truck - '77 Ford F100 2x4, single cab, lwb
90 day: 8.75 mpg (US)

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90 day: 21.35 mpg (US)

Civic - '93 Honda Civic GL
90 day: 36.62 mpg (US)

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hey guys,

i filled up again yesterday with a slightly dissapointing drop from 37mpg to 35mpg despite my grill block and front end lowering, i can only put it down to getting used to the vacuum guage and not yet finding the best technique, so far i have been accelerating at around1-2in and cruising at around 15in on the vac gauge, with gear changes at around 3000rpm (where the vac starts to drop while accelerating) but i think il go back to changing at 2000rpm like i did last tank as this seemed to work better... ive also started doing a lot more coasts, mostly on down hills so hopefully this is helping

more bad news, i broke the LCD for my temp sensor when putting in the LEDs for backlighting outlined in my last post, so il need to replace that and figure out another way of lighting it before i can fit it to the car, no overheating problems with the grill block so far though

thanks for looking
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