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Old 03-04-2009, 06:36 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
Team Metro
Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata
90 day: 52.71 mpg (US)

Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

Appliance car - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 52.48 mpg (US)
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Suzuki 125 conversion - YouTube series

Frank from http://theworkshop.ca has poked around EcoModder a little bit. We've seen his "Dirt-e bike" project: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...rsion-286.html

I just discovered he's been documenting a pretty cool conversion of a Suzuki 125 on his web site, and YouTube:

Web: Suzuk-E (1987 Suzuki RM125 Electric Conversion)

YouTube channel (6 videos of this project, so far): http://www.youtube.com/user/theworkshopdotca

Frank gets right into it - you even get to see him cast custom pulleys in sand by melting down some aluminum hard drive chassis. Well beyond "quick 'n' dirty" ForkenSwift stuff, but inspiring.

The casting is partway through this vid:


Custom made soundtrack too!

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Project MPGiata! Mods for getting 50+ MPG from a 1990 Miata
Honda mods: Ecomodding my $800 Honda Fit 5-speed beater
Mitsu mods: 70 MPG in my ecomodded, dirt cheap, 3-cylinder Mirage.
Ecodriving test: Manual vs. automatic transmission MPG showdown



EcoModder
has launched a forum for the efficient new Mitsubishi Mirage
www.MetroMPG.com - fuel efficiency info for Geo Metro owners
www.ForkenSwift.com - electric car conversion on a beer budget
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