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Old 09-14-2012, 07:27 PM   #68 (permalink)
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Lolo Mt
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Celica Gts - '84 Toyota Celica Gts
Sports Cars
90 day: 26.32 mpg (US)

The Bee - '96 Mazda B4000 4x4 Base
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90 day: 20.39 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by slowmover View Post
Weigh that dude (CAT Scale Locator; Missoula & Milltown) and nail down tire pressure versus load as part of your baseline. And I'd be chasing steering wander as that, alone, will be worth more than aero aids short of long highway trips. Do the "fun" stuff (aero or elec fans) as time allows, and "serious stuff" (mechanical; which also includes brake drag & alignment) as funds allow.

I'd start, though, with electrical heating of fluids, year-round, to shorten warm-up time. Even where I live it is too long (time & distance). Partial grille block, etc.

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Thanks man, she is in desperate need of some tlc(need balljoints, and new bushings all around) then an alignment, heater core, and find the source of my misfire(ignition for sure)as mentioned earlier, might be the dizzy. Last time I was on the scale she weighed 5800lbs with a full tank and my wife and I in it, 300 lbs. I will get to it. I want to get my Celica back on the road, can double my mpg right there.
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