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Originally Posted by The donkey CRX
You are right Kid, but I am retired and I show up at a shop in a metal building without A/C 3 or 4 days a week just because I think it is a lot of FUN to get these old cars to get double the MPG of newer "sophisticated" cars.
But let's get real, how many people would be willing to actually sweat to get an extra 10 MPG?
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The greatest feat in life is being able to find your passion and be able to use it to help ourselves and others. Driving without ac is common for race cars, and by my logic the passion to make a "drag-less car" is far more practical than building a 72 nova to go fast for 10 seconds on a Friday night.
About my screen name, I'm in my 30's and grew up around mopars.
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Originally Posted by The donkey CRX
Thanks for your encouraging words. I'm not sure I have the technical and digital skills to make what you asked for happen, but I will think about it and consult my son (ecoTex) to see what we can come up with.
I am very fortunate to have the time and health to do things I really enjoy. I also like to share with anyone who may find it helpful.
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If you could type up a list it would be helpful as well. The big silver lever in particular is intriguing, I assumed it was for the slats up front but then I see there are two levers on the dash board. It looks as if most of them are mechanical and not electrical
Thanks for explaining the wheels, have you tried using the factory spare tires as rear wheels? I would imagine they are the narrowest and have the least rotating mass.
The 50mph speed ratings are primarily for using an under sized wheel and tire on one corner of a vehicle. Rx7 spare wheels and tires, 04-07 Pontiac gto spare tires, are commonly used as front runners for drag radial cars regardless of the tire rating and the weight of the vehicle.
Running a 15x3.5 front rim, being lowered and running 15x10 rear wheels with drag radials on my camaro in college driving from Dallas to Lubbock I was getting 26mpg highway. This was with a 3500 torque converter that would not lock in gear below 2500rpms cruising at 80mph in a 3600lb car making 450whp. During normal driving use I would see no noticeable difference in braking, if something would have happened at high speed I'm sure I would have a different opinion though. In 2008 I nearly sold my camaro when gas prices were over $5.00 a gallon, luckily at the time I was walking to class and only using the camaro to visit family( and making party runs on friday and saturday nights) making 26 miles to the gallon because of those front runners helped me big time
Kind of a thread jack/
You could say I started ecomodding by accident. I have since swapped the transmission and have achieved 33mpg highway on e0. Granted I'm still running a 2.73 rear end and 60mph in 6th gear is at 1400 rpms
I've never intentionally aeromodded my camaro however I do know the drag created by the large sloping windshield of the car let's you drive 55mph with the tops off without creating wind resistance (so female occupants do not have to tie their hair.).
I am running a lighweight aluminum flywheel, I can not shift into sixth unless I am going over 53mph or the rpm will drop below idle and my cam surge will physically shake the car
