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Owner: Firefighter181
Shadow: 2001 Chevrolet Blazer ZR2 LS
Displacement: 4.3 L
Fuel type: gasoline
Transmission: automatic
Curb weight: 4550 lbs
Coefficient of drag: 0.42
Frontal area: 30 sq.ft.
Instrumentation: MPGuino
Description: The blazer is an on going project that I have decided is going to be an experiment in best possible fuel efficency while still maintaining driveability and still maintaing the maximum performance possible from the 4.3 vortec.
Build Thread:
Current Mods: Body/Exterior
-removed roof rack
-removed trailer hitch
-removed roof rack roof slats
-removed push bar
-removed oversized mud flaps
-delete exterior spare tire mount
-added rear roof VG's
-lowered aproximately 6"
-removed 31" mud and snow tires in favor of a 29" tall all season directional street tire
-custom front bumper
-lower air dam
-tucked as many under body components inside the frame as possible
-dynomax VT variable flow/variable back pressure exhaust


Tuning
-timing advance / adj. timing curves
-removed all GM torque management

Misc.
-disable DRL's
conversion to all LED parking and tail lights

Planned Mods: Short Term:
-front lower splitter (experimental)
-rear partial kamback on the back glass section (experimental)
-partial grill block
-seal off GM's rather large body pannel gaps
-e fans

Long Term:
Investigating the possible switch to diesel using a Cummins QB3.3T 4 cylinder diesel engine in favor of the factory 4.3 vortec V6
Official Fuel Economy Ratings
EPA city 14 mpg(US)
EPA highway 18 mpg(US)
EPA combined 15 mpg(US)

Actual Fuel Economy Performance
Lifetime 18.18 mpg(US)
Last 3 tanks 17.92 mpg(US)
90 days 18.18 mpg(US)
View Fuel Log
Last updated: Dec 01, 2012

(Created: 2012-09-04 03:33:50 / Modified: 2012-12-04 05:23:05)


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