01-02-2012, 01:44 AM
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It was simple, effective, and reasonably priced.
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Eco mods have to be economical.
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01-02-2012, 06:22 PM
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I disagree oil pan. I have found that sometimes spending money up front saves money throughout the use. I would be willing to spend up to $1000 in eco mods on my truck if it meant I saved $100 in gas a year. I don't plan on getting another truck; this one is nice and useful.
If Darcane put together a kit and sold it, I would purchase it (hint hint darcane), the reason being is because it's less hassle, the less upkeep I have to perform the better, my time is money, and I'm willing to spend money but not waste my time re-learning what someone else has learned.
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01-02-2012, 07:08 PM
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I disagree oil pan. I have found that sometimes spending money up front saves money throughout the use. I would be willing to spend up to $1000 in eco mods on my truck if it meant I saved $100 in gas a year. I don't plan on getting another truck; this one is nice and useful.
If Darcane put together a kit and sold it, I would purchase it (hint hint darcane), the reason being is because it's less hassle, the less upkeep I have to perform the better, my time is money, and I'm willing to spend money but not waste my time re-learning what someone else has learned.
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That still sounds fairly economical.
I try to stay under $250 per MPG gained on the truck.
But take other preformance and drive ability gains into consideration too. Turboing my truck will cost about $1000 and will only give me about +2mpg if I drive it easy but I will pick up at least 100hp and well over 150 ft.lb of torque.
That under belly might cut down on road noise which is nice for long trips.
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1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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01-02-2012, 08:06 PM
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Hey Darcane, I did accomplish making the top piece, I'm going to work on the bottom tomorrow. Hey I have a website called houston-domestic.com; pretty much it focuses on domestic vehicles, would you mind registering and posting that how to there too? That is stupendously awesome stuff!
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Great!
I'll pass though, I'm on too many forums as it is. Feel free to start a post there and link to here, if you'd like.
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