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Old 03-11-2009, 03:28 PM   #19 (permalink)
Vekke
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Little progress from previous post.

I have made the rear wheel hubcaps and also swithed the rear muffler to straight pipe. I think the rear muffler gave me +2-3 mpg so thats a noticeable difference. The exhaust notes are almost the same.
http://cid-acb1f13bac776768.skydrive...3032009525.jpg

This weeks mod is that I removed the original mudflaps. I also lighthened car up about 17 kg

I have also done coastdown tests during these couple of months on every monday. The place is long downhill slope. the lenght is around 1,2 kilometer. The start speed is 100kmh and here is the results.
day speed
26.1 100-62
2.2 100-61
9.2 100-56
16.2 100-62
23.2 100-75 truck was 150 meters in front of me, in the end distance was 50 but i was on the other lane when the distance was like 120 meters :/
2.3 100-66
9.3 100-71 Minivan came behind me in the end of the slope :/
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