06-08-2022, 10:56 AM
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Fill-up!
64 MPG = 3.7 L/100 km, over 798 km = 496 miles.
Not bad for a tank that spanned 3 months, including some cool/cold weather motoring back in March/April.
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06-08-2022, 04:49 PM
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I'm putting some RE92's on them. This will allow me to do a LRR coastdown comparison (when the warm weather returns) with the Bridgestone Enasaves that Mitsubishi fitted on the Mirage.
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Did you get a chance to do this yet? Interested in the results... |
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06-08-2022, 06:08 PM
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06-09-2022, 08:08 AM
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I should have added: I'll be doing the RE92 vs Enasave comparison with the MPGiata. And I don't usually put it on the road until later in the summer.
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07-14-2022, 12:36 PM
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More aero
Coro skirts, clear panel to join the skirts to the Kammback, aluminum tape to smooth the front alloy wheels.
Untested. Ain't got time for that.
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07-27-2022, 02:01 PM
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July update: 68 mpg
Filled the tank a week or so...
Went 824 km = 512 miles on 28.4 L = 7.5 gal (US).
68 MPG US = 3.5 L/100 km
About half of that distance was with the coroplast skirts & clear tail light panels. As I said, I have not tested it. I also didn't test it when I did something very similar on the 2008 Honda Flipski Fit, but it also returned its best ever segments by a couple of MPG afterwards:
From: Thread: Ecomodding my $800 Honda Fit 5-speed beater
If think the next will be installing the rocker panel skirts that I had on Mirage #1...
From: Thread: I just bought Canada's cheapest 3-cylinder Mitsubishi Mirage. EcoMods now in progress... |
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07-27-2022, 02:22 PM
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Impressive progress at #35. Once you add the side skirts, what's left?
I'm seeing a lot of Morelli.
From aerohead's 2015 post. Which would suggest annular fan wheels that pressurize the tire's wake. And a mesh screen across the box cavity.
I could see circularizing the bottom difusser area, with flared skegs behind the rear tires.
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07-27-2022, 02:27 PM
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And a mesh screen across the box cavity.
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HA!
I've looked at that photo multiple times and *never* noticed the screen.
Ultimately, this car will get a hitch-mounted removable tail. I've got a hitch receiver for it (not yet installed). Not this year though. |
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07-27-2022, 04:40 PM
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I'm working on a front splitter with air curtains. Right now I'm hung up on something that's easy to clean.
Walking around while my bike is broken, I passed a Hyundai Veloster. It looked like something else with a slant chop. Maybe an interesting starting point.
I know aerohead 'cancel culutered' Hyundai over one wide-body concept, but still....
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07-27-2022, 08:24 PM
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freebeard: I have an old Bug photo I'm going to post tomorrow. I immediately thought of you when I saw it (if you have a similar photo in your archives, I'll be very surprised). It's somewhat off-topic, yet also very on-topic at the same time. You'll see what I mean...
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