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Old 11-22-2016, 05:55 PM   #57 (permalink)
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90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

Appliance car Mirage - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 62.14 mpg (US)
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planned mods

No plans for the winter other than shoehorning it into my shack for storage.

As for next year, I've been thinking a lot about ecomods. Off the top of my head:

1) Obvious repairs / maintenance (replace rad; repair floor; tune-up; oil change; timing belt)

2) Synth fluids in the trans/diff

3) MPGuino

4)
Kill switch

5)
Tires that are on it now (185/60/14) seem to have TERRIBLE rolling resistance. I'm picking up a set of lightly used LRR Dunlop Enasaves (OEM Mirage tire) which are 165/65/14. Should help both with aero and RR.

6) Aero mods:

- passenger mirror delete/inside convex replacement
- air dam/splitter (see post #22!)
- smooth wheel covers
- rear wheel spats / shaped deflectors
- undertray
- rear fender skirts
- rear bumper treatment: lower down, it needs some tapering behind the rear wheels
- investigate any drag-reducing top-down mods (behind-the-seats screen? decklid spoiler?)

Fortunately, with this car's racing history, there's been a lot of aero research done already that will help on the eco side of things.

7) Final drive / rear end swap (wish list)

8) Camshafts swap (need to research more)

9) 50 mpg!

I'm sure I've forgotten some things.I've got all winter to noodle ideas.
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