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Forum: The Lounge 03-12-2025, 01:06 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 482
Posted By cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
I guess you forgot the 1st generation of the...

I guess you forgot the 1st generation of the Honda Odyssey, which had a much conservative minivan profile, yet it had conventional-hinged doors.
Forum: EcoModding Central 02-24-2025, 05:47 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 243
Posted By boingk
Anyway, cosmetic mods aside here are the current...

Anyway, cosmetic mods aside here are the current ecomods. Economy is rated at 31MPG EPA (29/34) and I got 32.5MPG / 7.2L/100km with a 96 mile / 155km trip involving a bit of city driving, a bit of...
Forum: Success Stories 02-04-2025, 10:48 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 546
Posted By Flakbadger
Nothing volunteer-y, everything was picked out by...

Nothing volunteer-y, everything was picked out by me. There are a few non-natives in the yard because I didn't really learn about it until I was part-way through. https://i.imgur.com/wmQcAvg.png...
Forum: EcoModding Central 12-29-2024, 05:30 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 429
Posted By Logic
A real existing Edison truck, a serial hybrid you...

A real existing Edison truck, a serial hybrid you can actually fix yourself, quickly and cheaply:
https://www.edisonmotors.ca/
https://www.youtube.com/@EdisonMotors

Which is what I thought this...
Forum: EcoModding Central 12-08-2024, 06:16 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 268
Posted By vteco
Hmmm. PF doesn't just "grind bearings in oil",...

Hmmm. PF doesn't just "grind bearings in oil", but nevermind let's see what else I can can learn from someone else...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwqIdFeP_1c

Okay, so I watched this guy's...
Forum: Aerodynamics 12-05-2024, 06:50 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,624
Posted By Gasoline Fumes
Can you plug in a block heater? Preheating as...

Can you plug in a block heater? Preheating as many fluids as possible would help. Block/coolant heater, oil pan heater, trans pan heater, etc.
Forum: Aerodynamics 12-04-2024, 01:27 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 742
Posted By LostinTransit
[2 Weeks Away] New Maxton Design Air Dam/Splitter gets Installed

We're finally getting that front splitter installed on the van in 2 weeks. having to drive 10+ hours or more to my buddys shop in Goldsboro. He specializes in body kits and when I sent him the...
Forum: Aerodynamics 12-01-2024, 02:34 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,624
Posted By Gasoline Fumes
Extending the front air dam lower will probably...

Extending the front air dam lower will probably help.
Forum: Aerodynamics 11-25-2024, 12:03 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,090
Posted By aerohead
video

If you'll do a search for:
'Streamlined Toyota T-100 in the Wind Tunnel'
, there's 17-minutes we shot with smoke flow.
My cover isn't 'perfect', but the whole kit indicated Cd 0.255 with better...
Forum: Instrumentation 11-14-2024, 01:23 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 263
Posted By Gasoline Fumes
Got Android? The Torque app is wireless!

Got Android? The Torque app is wireless!
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 10-16-2024, 12:01 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 277
Posted By aerohead
' gm energy ' is happening

On I-40, six miles from the Arkansas border, in Rowland, Oklahoma, I saw my first 'gm energy' charging station, at a PILOT truck stop.
The station is partnered with EVgo, and has 4-portals, all...
Forum: Aerodynamics 08-11-2024, 06:29 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 4,740
Posted By Ecky
Wheels aren't quite as light as advertised. I...

Wheels aren't quite as light as advertised. I believe "2.8kg" was supposed to be for the 4x5.5 wheels, and these are 14x6. Even so, 3.6kg or 7.9lbs is light.

The 38mm lugs were just about the...
Forum: Success Stories 07-31-2024, 11:57 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 586
Posted By Isaac Zachary
45.8mpg in large Avalon on highway road trip.

I got 45.8 mpg coming back on a road trip. It was 583 miles one way with a 3,983 ft uphill increase. I'm sure I had gotten better fuel economy on the way there going downhill, but hadn't reset my MPG...
Forum: Aerodynamics 07-06-2024, 03:35 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,194
Posted By Phase
New Prius

So Wayne at clean mpg posted that the leap from 19 inches to 17 inches for wheels gives a huge benefit on economy. The people at the Prius forum have figured out the smallest wheels you can put on it...
Forum: EcoModding Central 04-11-2024, 04:35 AM
Replies: 100
Views: 16,538
Posted By Ecky
Small update: I installed some window wind...

Small update:

I installed some window wind deflectors which reduce buffeting significantly when the windows are down, or partway down. They also noticeably drop wind noise when the top is up,...
Forum: Aerodynamics 04-09-2024, 11:48 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,053
Posted By RBurke83
Thanks, they’re currently on using a ridiculous...

Thanks, they’re currently on using a ridiculous amount of outdoor Velcro-on the middle and the lip-hoping that’s enough to hold them on…I’ve had it up to 75mph so far and nothing seems to have moved.
Forum: Hybrids 03-07-2024, 10:56 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,930
Posted By aerohead
' Smogging' a California car'

I left California in 1975 and never looked back.
At that time, the California Highway Patrol could shunt all surface traffic into roadside ' snap-inspection' stations.
They were in possession of...
Forum: Forum News & Feedback 01-19-2024, 11:49 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,272
Posted By MetroMPG
Server maintenance tomorrow 2 PM EST (Sat., Jan. 20)

FYI, the server will be offline briefly tomorrow around 2 PM EST.

The admin says "it's routine... shouldn't be any problems."

Tim and I are going to be keeping an eye on things, but...

If...
Forum: Aerodynamics 01-05-2024, 04:35 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 557
Posted By Phase
200mm. itll keep all air from going under the car

200mm. itll keep all air from going under the car
Forum: Introductions 01-02-2024, 06:21 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,504
Posted By freebeard
Well you lurked for seven years before posting,...

Well you lurked for seven years before posting, so there's that. :)

"...an alh/bhw hybrid build"? Explain like I'm five.
Forum: Aerodynamics 12-02-2023, 05:23 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,027
Posted By jakobnev
Mississippi Australia?

Mississippi Australia?
Forum: Hypermiling / EcoDriver's Ed 11-28-2023, 09:47 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,086
Posted By MetroMPG
Welcome, Bm93! Your engine generates...

Welcome, Bm93!



Your engine generates the most power per unit of fuel used at relatively high load & low RPM (research "peak Brake Specific Fuel Consumption -- BSFC). So, some members here...
Forum: EcoModding Central 11-02-2023, 10:15 AM
Replies: 437
Views: 95,582
Posted By MetroMPG
2023... one fill-up

There will only be one fill-up this year...

52.7 mpg (US)
4.5 L/100 km

I think the car is appreciating more than the cost of insurance...
Forum: Aerodynamics 10-13-2023, 02:45 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 622
Posted By freebeard
Do you have a source other than Facebook? Or a...

Do you have a source other than Facebook? Or a verbal description?
Forum: EcoModding Central 08-29-2023, 10:34 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,347
Posted By cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
And a 4-speed automatic transmission out of the...

And a 4-speed automatic transmission out of the truck (or out of an Econoline van) with the MPFI version of the 460 may also be a great improvement.
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