96' Chevy Corsica 2.2L 3-speed!

[BabyDiesel]

It appears that your 3speed auto does have torque converter lockup. As long as the speed is kept down or you P&G, 35 should come quickly!

The 4 speed swap would probably be cheap and easy as far as swaps go, maybe even a 5 speed from a Beretta. Chevrolet is usual good about having easy-ish swaps.

[Sven7]

Interesting. I was going to ask about a lockup. Maybe a manual TC lockup like Daox did in his 3-spd Sunfire (iirc- it's over my head). Manual swap would be sweet! I wonder if the 4 speed has a higher final drive ratio than the 5-speed. I seem to remember some cars being like that. Maybe an EF Civic or a Tercel...?

I had no idea the MPG was so good on these, either. It's got three MPG higher than my Probe, and I got 40MPG out of that with a boat tail at 60MPH and no P&G. And 45MPG with P&G and no tail...

You should be able to top 45 on the freeway with some extensive aeromods. Throw a 3G Camaro rear window on it, haha!

[dirtydave]

I drove the car to work and back today, no scangauge, had to steal it out of my girls car after I got home. She is going to be mad when she notices it is gone in the morning.

Neutral coasting works well. going from Neutral to Drive and back at 10-20-30-40-50-60 was tested and no problems! no hard shift no jerk no bang no wrong gear no rough upshift or downshift no metal chunks flying in the rearview smooth shifting all the way.

My normal driving "style" is pulse and glide. I am familiar with my routes and I know I need to hit 40MPH here and I will coast just close enough to stop at the left turn red-light ect ect. hopefully this car allows that "style" of driving!


Speedo / ODO tested with GPS and looks good
Temp gauge is either broken or the thermostat is stuck open.
The seats are super nice.
Radio is very nice.
muffler strap rusted out and came off in the driveway.
power locks are annoying.
cig lighter plug is missing
Installed the Scangauge
Ordered a OBD2 splitter + Bluetooth adapter I plan to have both the scangauge + torque / navigation on the dash. (can't have enough data)

Found some old paperwork in the car!!




Also found cigarette butts in the car! They are over 10 years old!! I guess no one cleans out the "spare" car....

I need to clean this thing out! you should see the layers of grime under the front license plate bracket! But I'm afraid if I wash too much more paint will come off

[dirtydave]

Got it road legal now.
Pumped the tires to 60PSI
Spare on 60PSI
Installed the scangauge
Put gas in it.

[dirtydave]

drove it to work today with a scangauge

had to stop at 2 / 7 redlights engine off at lights lots of neutral engine on coasting.

gets ~100mpg in neutral at speed

[BabyDiesel]

Looks like you have already reached your 35 mpg goal. 40 is happening soon!

And that is very low mpg for coasting. I'm usually around 175-250 mpg when EOnC at 45-55 mpg.

[Daox]

Nice job dirty dave!

[dirtydave]

lets not get too excited now this is only 1 trip hahaha

[dirtydave]

http://youtu.be/7oQHYn7quDQ

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Originally Posted by dirtydave

drove it to work today with a scangauge

had to stop at 2 / 7 redlights engine off at lights lots of neutral engine on coasting.

gets ~100mpg in neutral at speed

I hope that's NOT operating temperature!

regards
mech