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Old 12-05-2015, 07:35 PM   #1 (permalink)
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The DragBean

I've been checking out Ecomodder to the point where it's now a hobby. I figured i should share with everybody my project/commuter car.

I've got a 88 Toyota Corolla that got 30 mpg when i first got it. My record tank was 38 mpg, but that's probably going to change this tank.

So far I've done these things in order
1. Tire Pressure Increase
2. Passenger Mirror delete
3. Power Steering Unbelt
4. Front Air Dam
5. FrontvAir Dam optimization
6. Mini Drivers side mirror with panoramic mirror
7. Lot's of combustion chamber cleaning
I'll probably make a video on that
7b. Ok out of order, but rad innovattive cheapo air filter cleaning process
8.Advanced timing
9. Hot air intake insulation with manual cold air intake switch

Right now I'm trying to figure out my pizzarimboy wheels, i gotta screw them into the rims with higher grade screws

I also want to figure out my front tapered air damn better so it aerodynamically meets the hood.

Ive got a 300 mile drive Monday, so tomorrow is the perfect time to figure it out. I'll post pictures here in a minute.

Later when the signal board arrives I'm going to solder together some amps and with it, and make myself a 3 phase BLDC motor controller to allow myself to disconnect the alternator and water pump, powering the water pump with the alternator.

The goal here is to beat 50 mpg and keep going after that.

O also my current tank (with the HAI switch and pizzaboyrims) could beat 38 mpg and that's with 1/4 tank being averaged at 85 mph (on a closed course highway of course) and getting stuck in LA traffic and several cold starts. I've seemed to be in hurry more often lately, so I intend to drive a bit fastly. Oddly enough the car seemed not to get better mpg when I first got it driving 60 mph vs. 70 mph. Maybe the timing is too advanced? Plus the thing only seems to have 3 gears (Maybe there's a fourth one I'm feeling kick in for a microsecond when I accelerate) and the sucker is also AutoMagic (it's spell casting ability is really off).

Definitely would prefer a manual, but I got this car for so cheap its perfect for doing whatever too.

Yeah Yeah!

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Last edited by DragBean; 12-05-2015 at 09:23 PM.. Reason: My car is a gravity hybrid
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