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Originally Posted by mhmitszach
So upsetting. Just dipped under 30 mpg.
I had to idle at least 15 minutes total trying to get the battery charged enough not to die again.
Going to try not driving to school and getting rides. Should bring me up to about 35 mpg.
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Why so concerned about your gas log average? Your doing great, you already have a tank over 40mpg with a lightly modified ATX, I think that is really good. It may be small potatos around here, but in the realm of what you have, it's excellent. Most ZX2 drop to under 30mpg in the winter anyhow.
I've put some time and thought into your question about the lockup torque converter and shifting earlier into fourth. Did quite a bit of searching and I believe it will be quite easy to make it lock up when ever you desire. I'm still trying to nail down the exact input voltage requirements, when I do, I will post up how to do it, of course after I try and get it working on my car. Getting it to shift into fourth earlier, will take a bit more effort, but it can be done similarly. I've got a dual motive here. I need better mpg's and a lower ET at the drag strip. I need to hold first past 6,000 rpm so when it shifts to second it is still in the meat of the power, and if I can get into fourth sooner, I got the power to pull it down around 30mph, so that ought to help mpg's quite a bit also. Basically I'm talking about making a box that allows you to manually shift your ATX. I know it's been done on other cars, not the ZX2 that I know of. I don't believe this will be complicated or expensive...
BTW, you really need to read COZX2's posts on Gassavers, he really did his ZX2 up nice.