04-24-2012, 11:10 AM
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Hypermiler
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Future "welcome to Texas". 
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11-mile commute: 100 mpg - - - Tank: 90.2 mpg / 1191 miles
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04-24-2012, 07:24 PM
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Cyborg ECU
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will be putting those on today before i leave
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Subscribed. Love the look of the Kamm.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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04-25-2012, 12:16 PM
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Master EcoModder
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Got the car loaded and getting ready to pull out
today front 27"
rear 26.5"
Almost a full inch squat in back and about 1/2 inch in front.
Will have more updates at lunch!
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04-29-2012, 06:42 PM
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Slick.
Can you post a pic of the view out the rear view mirror??
I imagine it's not completely open but you still get a pretty good view in the center area?
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05-01-2012, 01:55 PM
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Aero Wannabe
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Any updates? Still busy with the move?
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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.
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05-01-2012, 05:21 PM
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Update with mileage figures when you get finished with the move.
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05-02-2012, 05:49 PM
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Bruce,
I had to take the kammback off to get in the trunck. soory.
when I had first tested it on another thread, I remember being surprised at the amount of useable rear vision that I had. there was no 'upper' vision and it felt like tunnel vision but the sides were a little wider than I had expected.
With the bike and weight bench I had 0 visability out the back.
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05-02-2012, 06:00 PM
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The mpg portion of the trip was a geart disappointment.
The wind was constant from bakersville CA all the way to Texas.
With the additional weight in the car, the weight bench on back and the bike, I realized that I wasnt going to set any records........
I do feel that the kammback served a purpose in steamlining the car(and allowing for the weight bench)
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05-02-2012, 06:06 PM
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I ended up with 25.2 mpg for 2024 miles.
THat was accomplished w/:
1. 800lbs
2. went the speed limit the entire trip (75 at some points)
3. Bike and weight bench outside car
4. Kammback
5. head winds & crosswinds
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05-03-2012, 11:04 AM
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Aero Wannabe
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I ended up with 25.2 mpg for 2024 miles.
THat was accomplished w/:
1. 800lbs
2. went the speed limit the entire trip (75 at some points)
3. Bike and weight bench outside car
4. Kammback
5. head winds & crosswinds
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Going the speed limit and still getting those numbers sounds like quite an accomplishment to me. I believe it would have been much worse with that load and no Kammback. I was amazed how my mileage dived from just passengers and a bike on the back of my hatchback.
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60 mpg hwy highest, 50+mpg lifetime
TDi=fast frugal fun
https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...tml#post621801
Quote:
Originally Posted by freebeard
The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.
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