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Old 10-27-2014, 11:03 AM   #49 (permalink)
kafer65
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Silver - '15 Mazda CX-5 Sport
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I've wondered if you can do a 6th gear swap like a 5th gear swap that's popular on the VW TDIs without removing the trans since I don't have a lot of tire choices to get a gearing change. I have wheel covers and CX-5s have an 90% belly pan stock which helps some I guess. My next ecomods will be rear skirts (since the back wells look to parachute) and side mirrors (they are almost usless anyway). The hatch area has such compound curves its going to be a bear to figure out a tapered departure and still be usable. I may tackle the last 10% around the muffler as well if I can find a decent way to attach a pan back there.
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Mirror deletes, 80% grill blocks, wheel covers, 50 psi tires = 6% better MPG avg. over a year. Wheel skirts overcoming ethanol winter fuel mpg losses and more!
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