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Yo
Busy lately, forgot to come back and post.
My underbody panel job was cut off prematurely due to my dad needing the lift so I did everything else up more or less nicely.
Was going to make wheel covers stop the hub caps but the ones I have are liable to roll a thousand miles away so I bolted them directly to the rim on the raised ring around the lug nuts. They actually look kinda neat.
Made a lower grille block from coroplast and backed it with some styrofoam blocks, one of which I carved into a rough bell mouth, and covered it in duct-tape for some protection. More of a tapered duct than an actual bellmouth but it works fine. I’ve also got a sheet steel plate that fits between the foam and Coro to fully block the intake, which I’ll probably put on soon with how hypothermic it’s getting outside lately.
I also made a mount for my Scangauge, and routed the cable much more cleanly, so I won’t be snagging my foot on the wire anymore.
It’s freezing outside (-20 lately, but feels worse), so I’m getting around 38-40MPG average trips. EPA is 39, but I doubt they drive in the frosty wasteland I live in. I’m more than pleased. Stupid fart can negates all of it, but when coasting the car glides along very quietly.
Except, my battery is toast, so that’s fun. You immediately become thankful you chose a light, manual trans car when you get stuck at an intersection and it won’t start. Flintstoning it is actually doable.
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