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Forum: EcoModding Central 11-10-2016, 12:27 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 8,479
Posted By ChrstphrR
Thumbs up (More) practical mod suggestions

CappAttack, hope you're having fun fixing and repairing the car back up to snuff.

1) Intercooler mod - add a drain.

Some of the mention of the intercooler made me think of something I saw some...
Forum: The Lounge 04-23-2012, 09:07 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 8,441
Posted By ChrstphrR
Thumbs down No, this is not an evil Big Oil conspiracy. The...

No, this is not an evil Big Oil conspiracy. The origin of the US gallon is with vinters and brewers measures, and done merely to facilitate trade.

1707 was when England standardized the gallon...
Forum: Aerodynamics 05-21-2011, 08:32 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 7,177
Posted By ChrstphrR
That should read, some bonehead TORE it off. I...

That should read, some bonehead TORE it off. I lost mine, on my maiden drive home from the stealership (bought mine 2nd hand though), coming up over the crest of a highway and into/onto/overtop an...
Forum: General Efficiency Discussion 05-13-2011, 09:34 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 4,599
Posted By ChrstphrR
That might be so, but not in this particular case...

That might be so, but not in this particular case of the TDI engined Volkswagens. The gasser manual transmissions you find in the GTI or VR6 equipped models are in that performance bent. The TDI...
Forum: Introductions 08-03-2010, 09:49 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,830
Posted By ChrstphrR
Welcome aboard Matt! A surprising amount of...

Welcome aboard Matt!

A surprising amount of the radiator / grill can be blocked, even in summer. Diesels get more efficient when the engine block and the compression chambers are up to, and kept...
Forum: Instrumentation 08-03-2010, 03:18 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,049
Posted By ChrstphrR
Use what you think you will normally set as your...

Use what you think you will normally set as your fill-up level as the tank size.
What you use consistantly should be your baseline "full tank". If that means you leave a reserve, so be it. As is,...
Forum: EcoModding Central 07-28-2010, 05:48 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 32,647
Posted By ChrstphrR
Even my 2000 has just that injector pump up...

Even my 2000 has just that injector pump up front, run off the engine - no lift pump in the tank, until 2002. My newer one is like this -- once, and only once, I ran the tank so dry that the fuel...
Forum: Instrumentation 06-22-2010, 08:42 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,567
Posted By ChrstphrR
Sorry t'asdrouille! No, that's a better way to...

Sorry t'asdrouille! No, that's a better way to quantify the problem - city driving is low rpm, highway is higher rpm.

What the SG2 needs for us to fix the mileage discrepancy, are inputs for a...
Forum: Instrumentation 06-21-2010, 03:59 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,567
Posted By ChrstphrR
I'll give a run down of what I HAVE tried, alas...

I'll give a run down of what I HAVE tried, alas without extensive data to show with it:

There's no ideal settings I've tried that work in all cases: The TDI ecu does seem to pull some trickery...
Forum: Instrumentation 06-20-2010, 06:29 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,567
Posted By ChrstphrR
Might want to check with the folks on TDIclub on...

Might want to check with the folks on TDIclub on that, since you've a newer generation of TDI, going onto the newest.

MkIV TDI (ALH) engines like mine don't seem to correlate their figures quite...
Forum: Aerodynamics 04-16-2010, 05:58 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 4,632
Posted By ChrstphrR
Lightbulb Is this the car?

I quick used Google to look up "5th Generation honda hatchback" to get an idea of the age range and look of the 5th gen while looking about...

And then headed to a model site I tended to use to...
Forum: Aerodynamics 02-06-2010, 12:48 AM
Replies: 187
Views: 51,520
Posted By ChrstphrR
You want to send most of the air over the top,...

You want to send most of the air over the top, and around the sides (like what aerohead usually extolls, and Basjoos mentioned in his post too.

For the most part, you wouldn't want a LARGE...
Forum: Aerodynamics 10-23-2009, 02:10 PM
Replies: 120
Views: 28,250
Posted By ChrstphrR
By the other thread, you mean the one about the...

By the other thread, you mean the one about the perforated vinyl film?

Apples and oranges, Chris. :)

Adam and Jamie ran each test 5 times through for each variable, took measurements, using a...
Forum: Aerodynamics 09-10-2009, 07:02 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,394
Posted By ChrstphrR
I'm moving my home, after a bit of an absence. ...

I'm moving my home, after a bit of an absence. Thank you all for bouncing ideas around for this.

As mentioned months and months ago in another thread on here about OpenFOAM, I was intending to...
Forum: DIY / How-to 06-06-2009, 01:05 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 5,542
Posted By ChrstphrR
I was thinking of a simular idea independantly of...

I was thinking of a simular idea independantly of you, dbisers.

I was thinking of a boattail attaching from a hitch. A few issues block me from persuing this yet, like

1) Not having a hitch...
Forum: EcoModding Central 04-13-2009, 09:42 PM
Replies: 225
Views: 159,998
Posted By ChrstphrR
Why would anyone think this project was aimed...

Why would anyone think this project was aimed exclusively at Prius owners?

Not everyone has, or more importantly, wants to spend $22k on a new Prius, or $22-25k on a 2009 TDI, for that matter.
...
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