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Old 11-26-2017, 11:03 PM   #11 (permalink)
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EPA highway rating is 22 HWY. You ought to be able to at least be getting close to that without doing anything. Unless your driving 85 MPH everywhere, there's something wrong.

https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymo...Windstar.shtml

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Old 11-27-2017, 04:10 AM   #12 (permalink)
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I think I might add a flapper valve on the cold air intake , so the engine warms up faster, then open cold air on the Hwy for a free turbo effect or when it's ready. Maybe something like what was used on carbureted cars air cleaners.
You mean something similar to a choke, or to the flapper valve which was used in Brazilian dedicated-ethanol cars?
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Old 11-27-2017, 12:57 PM   #13 (permalink)
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My fuel useage results are only bases on 350 miles of driving & not over 65 mph. I did a relative compression test and all cylinder are equal. All 02 senors were changed , MAF, T-body & IAC were cleaned. Found a leaky fuel injector & system pressure is below spec's. With new injectors I will update the results.

The hot/cold intake mod might use parts from a carb air cleaner.
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One good thing this 1995 windstar is OBD2, just bought a scangauge to monitor the fuel usage.
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Old 11-27-2017, 01:48 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Tinchariot — Point of order.

The OP of this thread is Wonderjava (Last Activity: 09-26-2014 06:35 PM). Even though it's a zombie thread and the OP hasn't posted in three years, it would be more seemly to start a new thread.

You could ask the mods to spin your contribution off into another thread. I'll leave how you do that as an exercise.

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