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Originally Posted by Taylor95
Very cool. What sort of fuel economy do you get with highway driving?
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High Threes in litres/100km (about 60 US mpg). Drive it really, really gently and 78 US mpg is possible; drive it hard and 36 US mpg is possible.
That's all with about double normal power and no IMA.
I seldom drive it gently.
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This seems like a very complex system to set up, especially with the programming. Is this feasible for someone without connections to anyone in the auto industry?
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Yes it is a complex system. I'd say that at minimum you'd want to have mapped and wired programmable engine management or similar. Note that the air suspension installation also required quite a lot of fabrication, welding, etc.
Someone in the UK is fitting air suspension to the rear of his Insight. He has my book on air suspension but as it's only a little book, he has been asking me for more details. He and his son are developing an electronic control system based on the PIC micro (similar to the first system I used).