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Originally Posted by Cobb
Charging the battery to 80% or so is fine. That should take a few hours even at 350 ma. You can make a solar charger to do that or something with a battery pack. Effects would be limited to afew miles before the extra energy stored wears off. The health of your starter battery is equally as important and precharging it helps too for a few miles before that benefit wears off.
What helps the most is to build a grid charger and leave it on the car for a few days to "balance" all the cells in the pack. You do this til the voltage stabilizes. Some even go a step further and drain the pack, then charge it for several cycles.
Question is, are you having any problems. The true secret to mpg is to not use any of the ima system and abuse the lean burn most of those vehicles are equipped with. Issues with the o2 sensor, egr, map, vacuum leaks, etc cause issues with lean burn and 90% of your fuel economy.
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Only problem I have right now, is the EGR system is completely clogged up. Horrible HORRIBLE herky jerky when trying to get into L/B so I have the EGR unplugged right now. I have an exhaust leak, which I plan to fix very soon. Other then that and having oversized tires, no. Mine does have L/B btw. And the battery hasn't seen a full charge since I bought it, I don't know how well the previous owner took care of this car, although by looking at the interior I would say he didn't whatsoever.
My main reason for wanting to do this is, my commute to work and back is only 5 miles each way, and I'm sure I could keep the battery topped off if I could just get it to full. Considering I drive ALL city, it's hard for me to get the battery fully charged without killing my MPG.
[Edit]: I'm already getting 60mpg in the city, I'm gonna post a thread about it in a minute.
[Edit edit]: I plan on buying
this grid charger. I know I could build my own for a lot cheaper but eh, I would just rather buy a well built one that is easy to set up.