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Old 02-22-2009, 10:53 PM   #126 (permalink)
Tygen1
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: South Jersey
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Little Blue - '98 Ford Escort ZX2 Cool
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90 day: 44.75 mpg (US)

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Temps have been bumping around between 20-40 degrees. Check my gas-long for details. I got some big plans for this comming summer as well. I'm expecting to be over 45mpg on the commute. There's a good chance you'll kill my mpg's (I've read your gas long many times) because I might not have time to make my plans happen, new baby on the way in April.... I've had hard time trying to make time to install the block heater. Worked all this weekend fixing a fellow ZX2 guys car, when I could have had all the heaters installed....oh well maybe next weekend? I'm kinda wondering just how effective the block heater will be because it's tiny, about the size of my thumb. I think I might start a post on that, get some opinions on how much wattage is needed to get everything up to temp in a reasonable amount of time.
I was working on a really good tank, probably in the high 38's, but the guy whose car I was fixing wanted to sample the power of my car, so I had to get into it a couple times. A couple runs at WOT have killed this tank. I'll be doing a short fill on this tank so I can start a new tank on Monday morning. I plan on being on empty by Friday so I can hopefully go to the dragstrip and see just how much of a difference the aero mods have made.
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