Spreading the word...one car at a time...

[Christ]

I swear the K&N thing is just becoming an exercise in futility.

[mcrews]

I think the K&N filter comment is a joke.......

BECAUSE I SWEAR on my $20 membership, ecomodder.com sticker & scangaugeII that I NEVER said anything about a K&N filter!!!!!

[mcrews]

Originally Posted by bgd73

v8 hypermiling. nice.

After all the babble of what one can claim to be techly evolution...

the rear gear ratio said it all.

the 30s is quite amazing...it must have a tall transmission to go with it.

take it back to the dawn of v8s, and slap in the same ratios, imperfect oil, bad gas, leaky carbs on a tight downdraft...

it would be right there with the same freakin numbers, and even better because of realtime function.

do not focus on the car brand in other words, as some superhero.

step one into hypermiling...

As they say in the rodeo Ya dance with who brung ya

My first car in 1975 was a 1966 mustang, baby blue, 200ci i-6, 3 speed automatic, 2.89 rear end. I installed a trip computer that I bought from JC Witthey...it tracked mpg!! I used to get 27+mpg at 70mph (no a/c)

I just like going against the flow. All the Q45 sites are about speed....I
m about mpg

The rearend ratio is 2.76 and the transmission is a 5 speed automatic w/ OD.
I'll see if I can find the last gear ratio.

[mcrews]

Originally Posted by beatr911

Nice job getting to just under 30! You've done the easiest aero stuff, hopefully the rear skirts will get you just past 30. For the trip, the aero is where good mods are. Beyond that it's all driving technique. Work the hills, drive with load, all that stuff.

Billy cracked a 50.1 mpg trip average from Washington to Arizona. This was in a Ford Ranger with ~600lbs of stuff in the back. Truck was stock except for LRR tires. It's all technique man, all technique.

Be sure you are up on your maintenance. Not sure what your spark plug change interval is but if you are close to being due, change them a early.

Thanks for the props!
great idea on the plugs yeah they ARE coming up.

[mcrews]

gonna test the passenger mirror and seams tomorrow:

[MetroMPG]

I'd be a bit wary of that mirror fairing - looks like the frontal area below looks increased a fair amount.

[mcrews]

christ said:
"You probably won't get too much weight out without removing large parts of the interior, frankly. You could replace your spare tire and tools with a small pump, can of fix a flat, and a AAA card, if you have their service."'

Dumped the spare.
In the 140k miles I've had only 2 flats.
Big lot had this 'kit' for 20 bucks.

pump and goop all in a nice zipper bag.

Signed up for triple AAA.

[Christ]

Originally Posted by mcrews

christ said:
"You probably won't get too much weight out without removing large parts of the interior, frankly. You could replace your spare tire and tools with a small pump, can of fix a flat, and a AAA card, if you have their service."'

Dumped the spare.
In the 140k miles I've had only 2 flats.
Big lot had this 'kit' for 20 bucks.

pump and goop all in a nice zipper bag.

Signed up for triple AAA.

Might go get a few of those kits myself... Stick one in every vehicle I own...

Lessee... that's about $200 worth of them, if I really stick one in every vehicle I own/drive.

About $100 if I only stick them in the primary vehicles and the ones that I intend to fix/drive.

[Clev]

Just a driving tip: once you reach the top of the Grapevine, you can shut the engine off and coast nonstop for many miles.

Oh, and I've run my 44 psi rear tires at 51 psi for 20,000 miles without an issue. (They actually wear evenly instead of on the edges.)

[mcrews]

Originally Posted by Clev

Just a driving tip: once you reach the top of the Grapevine, you can shut the engine off and coast nonstop for many miles.

Oh, and I've run my 44 psi rear tires at 51 psi for 20,000 miles without an issue. (They actually wear evenly instead of on the edges.)

yeah, gotta love the grapevine....

but I won't turn off the engine......but I will COAST in nuetral.

and I will double check my max psi.