Ecoscort - 98 Ford Escort ZX2 ecomodding thread

[BabyDiesel]

Originally Posted by pgfpro

Looks great!!! Are you going to do front wheel well skirts again???

I have thought about front wheel skirts over and through, and I have decided that they are too much trouble at the moment. I will be cutting the springs to lower the car by about 1"-1.5" and the putting gap fillers on the front wheel wells.

Here is an example, borrowed from Sven7's Project Anal Probe:



I have been inspired by OG VX's remaking of front fenders like an Insight's. I will do this down the road.

Here is an example:



Notice the dip in the rear radius of the front wheel well? That is my plan, though it will probably not look too OEM

[BabyDiesel]

New record


http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...age-32236.html

[BabyDiesel]

My mpg from our meet yesterday! This is from the Richmond, VA WAWA gas station to York River State Park down highway 60.

[The donkey CRX]

Good to see all of your mods are paying off. Keep up the good work!

[BabyDiesel]

Well, that previous record lasted no time at all! I absolutely shattered it tonight with this gem.



A full 2.6 mpg better than the meet! This was a 32 mile drive through 4 towns. 3 stop signs and 8 stoplights along the way home. I stopped at all signs and hit just 2 stoplights

If I could have gotten through a stoplight, there is no doubt that I would have cracked 60 mpg!

Tank mpg sits at 51.8, let's see if I can keep it there...

Edit: Almost forgot to mention what got me there. DWL, DWB, EOnC, and keeping my speed around 40 mph. I get ~65 mpg at 40, so it racks up quick.

I did the math and I have saved right at $50 this month compared to what I used to get in FE

Spent $140 the past month in fuel. Averaging 46 mpg, compared to 34 mpg of yesteryear. 46/34 = 1.353. 140 x 1.353 = 189.41.

189.41 - 140 = 49.41

[BabyDiesel]

This is the last 50+ trip I will post never thought I would say that this year! I had 3 trips over 50 yesterday, including this one, which should have been better than it was.



Tank mpg still over 51 mpg. I really need to do coast down testing to know if my Cd has surpassed an Insight's and do more mods so I can get trips into the 60's.

[BabyDiesel]

Been gone a couple days and it felt weird. So quick update!

The last fill was 47.55 mpg. Either the SG was off or it was quite the overfill. Either way, it was my 2nd best fill ever

I've got a job now! Landscaping about 30 miles away. It is going great and I'm enjoying the manual labor. I'm glad that I'll have money to eventually move out, start a life on my own and of course, more modz!

Tank mpg is at 46.1 per SG, let's see if it holds up.

[MetroMPG]

Congrats on the job & the 2nd best fill!

Last time I regularly did manual labour was a couple of years ago... I excavated and installed my own brick driveway (single width) with a shovel & wheelbarrow. I spent about 3 weeks at it, going a few hours a day. Body felt good by the end of that. Not so much at the beginning!

[BabyDiesel]

Thank you Darin! The labor is intense, mainly due to the heat. It was 93 today with high humidity while we were putting in an underground irrigation system for a hospital. Thankful for 4 day work weeks!

I filled up earlier today and received a surprise! This tank was 49.7! Best ever! I did nothing special either, just solid eco driving everday. The SG should be back to within +/- 1% now too. I'm super excited guys!

Also, Tygen1 congratulated me on the full earlier. He mentioned that he would send me his "lean box" so I can have lean burn via MAF trickery. It looks like I will be in the 50s for good, and knocking on the 60s

He also said that he put 2 new RE92s on his ZX2 today. Instant 1-2 mpg boost! I gotta get some of them soon.

[dirtydave]

so whats the new route look like?