05-31-2009, 03:15 PM
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a blow thru turbo on a yugo becomes interesting (i found it again finally on this world wide hack web)...
At least it has real time function.
backpressure is not back pressure, it is more important than letting it all go...
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06-03-2009, 12:36 PM
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when you get pulled over by a cop - not because you broke any law, but because he thinks the only reason someone would drive that slow is intoxication
when you get agitated by non-timed lights - not cause your in a rush, but because of the wasted momentum
when you get out and push your 5500lb truck because there is a slight downgrade just a few feet further forward
when you can tell the wind direction by how fast you coast down a familiar road
when you spend so much on mods that it'll take a year to make it back in fuel savings
when you take the back road, doubling your trip time, because you can drive slower
when people pull into the left lane a quarter mile behind you on the highway because everyone recognizes you and knows you're only going 50 long before they catch up to you
when you miscalculate a coast to a red light and don't make it to the metal detector, you look behind you and there are no cars in sight, so you get out and walk to the corner to press the pedestrian button rather than turn on the engine to go a few feet
when you think of your engine as just something to occasionally give your coast-mobile a little push
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A few months ago I returned home just as my neighbor pulled into his driveway. It was cold (around freezing) with some rain and sleet, and he yells to me: You rode your bike? In this weather?!?
So the other day we both returned home at the same time again, only now the weather is warm, sunny, with no wind. And I yell to him: You took the car? In this weather?!?
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06-03-2009, 06:33 PM
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YKYAEI you have wooden beads rolling around your floorboards, because last year's hippie cab driver seat cover apparently wasn't made for two seasons of use.
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06-04-2009, 03:50 AM
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YKYAEMI
You've removed your starter motor, since you can bumpstart at any speed, even at a standstill.
You removed your engine, since you only EOC and haven't used the engine since November 2006.
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[Old] Piwoslaw's Peugeot 307sw modding thread
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06-04-2009, 05:51 PM
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Jacob, now I understand your rediculous mileage!
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06-04-2009, 05:58 PM
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YKYAEMI
You've removed your starter motor, since you can bumpstart at any speed, even at a standstill.
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Or you've just removed the neutral safety switch, so you can "bumpstart" it in gear and not waste that valuable fuel idling for 2 seconds. :-) |
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06-04-2009, 11:04 PM
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YKYAEMI...
You're afraid to replace your vehicle with something else -- it could be less efficient!!!
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06-05-2009, 02:27 AM
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My Goal: 35 MPG All Day
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... "Sure, I can drive you. Just give me a few minutes to re-install the seat."
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hahaha, I have done this one before I even knew what hypermiling was, back when I was trying to get more MPG out of my 88 Fiero. Glad I got rid of that car... |
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06-05-2009, 02:34 AM
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...when you cringe at the thought of driving your 60+ mpg Prius on the highway to take your girl out to dinner 10 miles away because your Prius gets better city mileage than highway mileage...and you are currently on an all-time high mpg tank with just 100 miles to go before filling up. So...you try to talk your girl into driving her 20 mpg vehicle instead!
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06-05-2009, 02:58 AM
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...when you're in the middle of a good tank when Dad-in-law says he wants to borrow your car for the weekend (b/c it gets better milage than his, but only when he isn't driving). True story, he's taking it today.
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e·co·mod·ding: the art of turning vehicles into what they should be
What matters is where you're going, not how fast.
"... we humans tend to screw up everything that's good enough as it is...or everything that we're attracted to, we love to go and defile it." - Chris Cornell
[Old] Piwoslaw's Peugeot 307sw modding thread
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