1996 Geo Metro - Project Log

[planejob]

Dude, that's awesome about the engine. Did you see the cloroplast thread (for ecomodding, air dams, skirts, etc.)? My local home depot carries it... maybe yours does too.

[Xist]

I keep trying to remember to order the parts and materials to clean my EGR plate, I have a CEL! I went to Autozone, but the guy said all they had was the sealant.

With 195,000 miles, it probably has had some carbon build-up...

[Daox]

Woohoo, great news about the engine!

[jedi_sol]

Originally Posted by planejob

Dude, that's awesome about the engine. Did you see the cloroplast thread (for ecomodding, air dams, skirts, etc.)? My local home depot carries it... maybe yours does too.

Thanks! There is a plastic supplier nearby that sells big sheets of coroplast. I've used coroplast on my other cars (Honda Del sol, Subaru WRX Sti) for grill blocks, under belly trays, side skirts, rear wheel skirts, and diffusers.






With the GEO, I hope to make my first kammback

[MetroMPG]

Congrats on the successful compression test. 20 years young, and solid numbers = fantastic.

[jedi_sol]

Still calibrating the SGII.

I did a 3rd fillup and got 49.9mpg. This seems like a more reasonable number since Daox mentioned that my first tank of 58.83mpg was unusually high for stop and go driving.

It's probably because when first filled up, i way overfilled and spilled a bunch of gas...my second fillup where I got 58.8mpg I most likely did a short fill (I noticed that the gas gauge did not go past the "F" mark).

I'm starting to think that the motor was rebuilt sometime in the past? First, the compression numbers looked really good for an engine with 179K miles. Second, I did a Seafoam treatment this weekend and hardly any white smoke came out. Third, I did a WOT throttle run to test HP and SGii calculated 55hp.

Anywho, i picked up some Synchromesh this weekend so hopefully I'll finish all of the basic maintenance by next weekend.

[Daox]

Yay for owners who change the oil!

Sounds like you're off to a good start!

[iveyjh]

Originally Posted by jedi_sol

Still calibrating the SGII.

I did a 3rd fillup and got 49.9mpg. This seems like a more reasonable number since Daox mentioned that my first tank of 58.83mpg was unusually high for stop and go driving.

It's probably because when first filled up, i way overfilled and spilled a bunch of gas...my second fillup where I got 58.8mpg I most likely did a short fill (I noticed that the gas gauge did not go past the "F" mark).

I'm starting to think that the motor was rebuilt sometime in the past? First, the compression numbers looked really good for an engine with 179K miles. Second, I did a Seafoam treatment this weekend and hardly any white smoke came out. Third, I did a WOT throttle run to test HP and SGii calculated 55hp.

Anywho, i picked up some Synchromesh this weekend so hopefully I'll finish all of the basic maintenance by next weekend.

If these engines are taken care of they will last forever (almost). My 2000 metro has about 225,000 miles on it and the last compression test was
210 x 3, good as new.

[jedi_sol]

Weight Reduction!



The backseat probably weighed about 15lbs. No big deal.

I never intended to have rear passengers anyways due to the poor crash test ratings of this car.

I plan on doing some mild sound dampening and figure out a way to mount the deep cycle battery back there.

[MetroMPG]

Don't forget the rear seatbelts. The hardware & ratchet mechanisms probably weigh as much as the seat cushion.