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Originally Posted by SwamiSalami
Marvel mystery oil
Remove all but driver’s seat!
Also, you can travel at 45mph on most highways
Use painter tape on all vehicle seals and seams
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Originally Posted by oldtamiyaphile
There you have it folks, if you have a 94 Mercury, 25MPH is your target speed.  |
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According to that test, a 1994 Villager gets 31 MPG at 25 MPH. M_a_t_t's vehicle page for his 1995 Tracer says that it is rated 31 MPG highway. 55 MPH? 65 MPH?
That chart says the Villager got 32 MPG at 55 MPH, so I would argue that is the target speed. That particular Mercury got 25 MPG at 65 MPH. Does that relate to M_a_t_t's Tracer?
It is a start.
It turns out the Villager is a minivan rated 17/23. If the Tracer is rated 31 at approximately 65 MPH, maybe it will get 39.68 at 55 MPH, and worse at 45 MPH.
We have had different discussions about accelerating. Some say that it is vital and some say that it makes zero difference. This is easy enough to test, and it might make a necessary difference.
How far can you coast from 65 MPH? I cannot find anything on-line.
Gasoline Fumes talked about airing up your tires. Metro tested coasting distance at different pressures, but I would recommend you tested out your particular car, area, and tires:
https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...tire-2721.html
He went another 13% going from 30 - 35 PSI to 50. I do not know how that relates to fuel economy improvements, but if you drove forty miles on one gallon and then coasted one mile at 30 - 35 PSI, that might get you another 700 feet, a total improvement of 0.3%, but if you make enough small improvements, you may meet your goal.
I asked about MMO
here. In another thread [that I cannot find] someone told me "I would just leave it on the shelf." However, you could absolutely buy a jug, add it every other tank, and see if you notice a difference.
I just reread the thread, forgetting that you removed the seats. If you dropped from 2,404 pounds to 2,304, you decreased 4.3%, and Aerohead says you should see a 2.1% improvement.
Okay, 2000mc linked his Saturn chart, 37.1 MPG at 65 MPH, and 42.8 at 55. That is 15% better fuel economy, but 115% of 31 MPG is 35.65.
I do not know if we can find enough small improvements to increase your highway fuel economy by 93.5%, but we will keep trying to come up with ideas.
How is the boat tail coming? Have you done a grill block and air dam? That should get you a couple percent, usually most of the benefit of a belly pan, for a fraction of the effort.
You might as well tape the seams, but do not expect much more than even weirder looks:
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Originally Posted by Cd
Check out this link and follow it halfway down.
http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/paint-b...-aerodynamics/
You will find this comment :
"Taping seams: Rarely if ever are body-panel seams so large and misaligned that smoothing them with duct tape will make a measurable difference in Cd. We tried it on our Camaro, and it did nothing. "
This was on a 1980 Camaro with body seams big enough to walk through. 
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