It would also be interesting to see how much real difference those tires make
in 60-0 braking distance.
----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Wills
To: Robert McElwee
Cc: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 5:23 AM
Subject: Re: LPC How much MPG improvement is possible
I picked up an 89 CRX HF a few months ago. It's pretty ratty, but can still
manages 40-50mpg.
Interesting side note - it came with rock-hard 165/70/13 tires that were
shot... so I put on 185/60/14 snows from my Miata and the fuel economy went
from 50+ down to 40. So then I tried 205/50/15 (also laying around from the
miata project) and the average went up to 42mpg, repeatably.
I was just shocked how much of a difference the tire size/type can make.
I figure with a little maintenance and some good pizza-cutter tires I should
be back up in the 50+mpg range.
-Chuck
Robert McElwee wrote:
I figure a 98 Metro would work just fine. I want something that is ODBII so
I can do some datalogging with it. I can't find any nice Metros around here but
I am looking...
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:53 PM, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I started with a diesel rabbit but it was just too smelly, noisy, slow
and ugly for me. So I sold it and have a line on a '98 3cyl Metro. I may chase
down the "Metro XFI" components which are 2 ring pistons, special cam, and
special gearing, and maybe computer (still learning). There are web sites with
people getting 70+ with these but I suspect they are in very flat areas.
What car did you decide on and what other types did u consider? Gas or
diesel?
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From: Robert McElwee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 10:26 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: LPC How much MPG improvement is possible
Start with a car that gets 50+ and start making improvements to it.
Getting the base car will take a little time. They are getting hard to find...
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How will you get 70-80MPG?
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Robert McElwee and Red Beast
1991 T25 Turbo @ 15 PSI
Link ECU, FM IC, 9:1 pistons
Over 400 lbs of "added lightness"
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Robert McElwee and Red Beast
1991 T25 Turbo @ 15 PSI
Link ECU, FM IC, 9:1 pistons
Over 400 lbs of "added lightness"
www.lightweightmiata.com
Lightweight Miata Forum:
www.lightweightmiata.com/forum
The Miata Trailer Project:
www.lightweightmiata.com/trailer
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