New guy from Houston ('94 Corolla 5-speed with 13k miles) - Page 2 - Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum

MetroMPG · 03-28-2011, 01:43 PM

Euromodder - In Canada & the US, we only got the Corolla in the sedan & 4 door wagon style. That's been the case since the 80's, methinks.

deathtrain · 04-04-2011, 08:29 PM

well second tank in it and once again it comes up to 52mpg. its still ok here so i dont run the AC much. my daily drive is real flat and the stops i do have to make i can see coming for over a quatermile away so my coast downs are real long and straight. I also changed my route to were I only have one red light both ways the rest are stop signs with maybe a 2 car wait if any at all. I will give it a few more tanks then I will start the aero mods. I need to post some pics but I don't know how yet.

MetroMPG · 04-04-2011, 09:37 PM

Nice. Seems like you've definitely scored an efficient ride.

What's your drive like in terms of speed? I'm guessing your rolling average is around 45 mph?

deathtrain · 04-04-2011, 10:09 PM

no im going 55-60. I dont have to change speed that much because I changed my travel time to avoid the traffic and the stop and go stuff. So once I hit 5th, the next time i hit the clutch is 25 miles away. Also the whole route is freshly redone so its baby smooth.

this whole thing is crazy to me too. But no matter how I do the math it comes up to 50+. When I was driving my Ram I would do 480 miles on the trip to the tank. That would take me about a week and a half to hit that mark. With this car I am on the same time frame for fill ups and the trip is right on. So I dont know.....

MetroMPG · 04-04-2011, 11:44 PM

Wow - that's really good for 55-60.

My dad had an '06 Corolla sedan 1.8L automatic, and it was good for ~43 mpg (US) at 55 mph. (Though that was tested in cold conditions - it'd be a bit better in the warm.)

from: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...atic-6710.html

deathtrain · 04-17-2011, 10:27 PM

well i got 4 tanks on the car now and the last one got me 55mpg. this is 100% virgin car. I have done no aero mods. I want to do an aero dam but the car really sits low already. i have bottomed out a few times. I am thinking about an under belly pan, smoothy wheel covers, and maybe a grill block.

I dont know about the grill block yet because its not peak summer yet here in houston. and I have yet to get a guage on the engine temp meter yet. it dont have any numbers so it kinda hard. I am thinking about adding a digital gauge, tack, on an "a" piller cluster.

anyone have any other input? I am looking for that 60mpg marker.

deathtrain · 04-17-2011, 10:45 PM

oh and no boat tail

BadDog98 · 04-22-2011, 03:02 AM

Great deal on the low mileage Toy. You could always dig up a diesel somewhere to put back in the Dodge. That would Kick the MPG up a bit all the while Going Green.

deathtrain · 06-26-2011, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadDog98

Great deal on the low mileage Toy. You could always dig up a diesel somewhere to put back in the Dodge. That would Kick the MPG up a bit all the while Going Green.

the dodge will go back with the 318. it just cheaper. $1300 for a rebuildt long block.

But Just changed the oil in the Yota. went with 0w20 synth from 10w30 dino. If i dont think its worth it i will go back. but my best friend runs an oil station so cost really is not that much for me.

deathtrain · 10-01-2011, 09:10 PM

Well i am back and will up date my progress here more. I am at 125% over epa so i think i am doing good. for a full up date read this post on the % mpg battle that was started.

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...epa-18075.html

the result of that post I actually got into some mods now. I did a 3/4 grill block for now and installed some smoothies. I need to get some sheets to do my belly pan and too do fill in the wheel gaps front and rear.

*edit*

Here are some pics of my dash and crappy temp gauge that i have. you can see my speed and the engine temp. outside temp was over 100 so with this block off i don't think i have anything to worry about next summer. even getting off the freeway at this temp this is the highest that my needle goes. Also with the cooler mornings i don't even get out of high idle. my temp gauge is about half what is it in the pics. with this crappy oem gauge and no markings is the main drive i want to go with an aftermarket one. this way i can see whats going on a lot better.