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Old 04-29-2012, 11:08 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Daox, done. 60.2mpg over same trip today. I realize the display is likely optomistic, but on the same trip I can generalize.

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Old 04-29-2012, 11:17 PM   #12 (permalink)
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By the way, the general consensus is that an upper grill block is the place to start, and then add a partial lower gill block if possible.
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Neil, I understand from diagrams that the converter cooler on the Pc is at the top of the radiator. Others, it's at the bottom. I didn't want to cut air flow to it.

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60mpg real world is impressive to say the least. Can somebody please take a pic of the trunk with the foam blocks and spare tire removed? I'm curious to see how much trunk space it has without the dead weight.
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Old 04-30-2012, 02:13 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Neil, I understand from diagrams that the converter cooler on the Pc is at the top of the radiator. Others, it's at the bottom. I didn't want to cut air flow to it.

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I have had the lower grill entirely blocked on my 04 for a couple years now. I haven't had any issues and I have a PHEV kit so I use the electric motors a lot more than the normal Prius driver. I wouldn't worry about cutting airflow to it.
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Daox, good to know. I'm a little gun shy with a two-day old car.

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Daox, good to know. I'm a little gun shy with a two-day old car.

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It's better to establish a "no mod" baseline anyway. If I were you all my mods would be reversible until the warranty ran out.

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Lower grille block and SG in today.

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where are you ordering this stuff from?

also, what speed transmission is this thing?

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All hybrid synergy drive vehicles (ford and toyota) have CVT type transmissions that are nothing like conventional CVT transmissions. Its basically a planetary gearbox with two electric motors and the engine all on different inputs.
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Old 05-03-2012, 04:09 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Grille block is just 1/2" foam pipe insulation wedged in the grille opening. Slits cut in back of foam to clear vertical portions of the grille. ScanGauge I've had for years. I just got it back from being updated.

As answered previously, the transmission is a planetary CVT.

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