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Discussion in 'Your 4th Gen beauty' started by mephtar, Apr 22, 2007.

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  1. sr5punk

    sr5punk Well-Known Member

    GET A HOOD FIN! JDM FOR THE WIN! HAHAHAHA...please dont. maybe a hood scoop, or maybe some jumbo fender flares. JUMBO!!!!!
     
    sr5punk, May 21, 2008
    #101
  2. Mafix

    Mafix Owner Staff Member Administrator Donated!

    sneaky bastard! nice buy!
     
    Mafix, May 21, 2008
    #102
  3. Jimbo246

    Jimbo246 Guest

    How fast do you think these cars go?
     
    Jimbo246, May 21, 2008
    #103
  4. ssscorpin110

    ssscorpin110 Guest

    ^^^ lol i think he is doing the aero stuff for MPG gains not speed gains.
     
    ssscorpin110, May 21, 2008
    #104
  5. mephtar

    mephtar Well-Known Member

    thankyou
     
    mephtar, May 21, 2008
    #105
  6. Mafix

    Mafix Owner Staff Member Administrator Donated!

    nothing wrong with a belly pan. but then i forgot MPG a long time ago.
     
    Mafix, May 21, 2008
    #106
  7. sr5punk

    sr5punk Well-Known Member

    you need rear defusers then too. so sweet! :eew:
     
    sr5punk, May 21, 2008
    #107
  8. Mafix

    Mafix Owner Staff Member Administrator Donated!

    i'm set up for them. just have not made them. (honestly i can't weld aluminum)
     
    Mafix, May 21, 2008
    #108
  9. mephtar

    mephtar Well-Known Member

    well the belly pan is only going to be partial, front and back, first made from Coroplast, then ABS plastic one day If the Coroplast fails. Ive been able to push 32 mpg so far, aiming for 35 with a a few aero mods. Less drag also means better performance :)
     
    mephtar, May 22, 2008
    #109
  10. rye

    rye Well-Known Member Donated!

    Mephtar, I still think you'll full of crap with your 32mpg reading.... You have never even done the test correctly to see how much fuel you're actually using! :D

    29mpg HIGHWAY is what these cars got BRAND NEW......
     
    rye, May 22, 2008
    #110
  11. ssscorpin110

    ssscorpin110 Guest

    these cars are less efficient on the highway then they are doing around 80kph. 80kph is in and around the optimal speed vs drag ratio making them more efficient on long country roads then the highway. So i believe it, especially since i just calculated mine for this weekend, left home with a full take and set my trip meter thing. i took the highway but had cottage traffic both ways so i was doing between 60kph and 80kph plus some in town driving and i got 30mph calculated with an online calculator which converts liters of gas and km driven into mpg. 30mpg was reached with 3ppl in the car most of the time, in a mostly stock car plus luggage. so with and meph has no interior (every 100lbs less weight = 1-2% better gas mileage) its possible
     
    ssscorpin110, May 22, 2008
    #111
  12. mephtar

    mephtar Well-Known Member

    how about you give me 1 gallon of fuel, and drop me off 32 miles from your house empty, and Ill come say hi.

    I dont fill the tank up for many reasons

    1) weight
    2) cost
    3) I dont drive much anymore, it would go degrade
    4) Worn parts, filler tube turning to dust, dont want to spring a leak

    Ive tracked every tank for the past 10' 000 km's between 29-33 mpg, improving as of laitly with new techniques and warmer weather. If tracking it my way is off by much, id eather have a bum tank were i get low mpg or id be stranded. Anyways, I get 13+ km/L. My wallet vs. odomitor will agree, even if you dont.

    oh, and optimal speed is about 1750 rpm in 5th gear, so 60-70 km/h :) probabl could break 40 MPG driving this speed constant
     
    mephtar, May 22, 2008
    #112
  13. Mafix

    Mafix Owner Staff Member Administrator Donated!

    in your defense i get 25mpg in Nemesis.
     
    Mafix, May 22, 2008
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  14. mephtar

    mephtar Well-Known Member

    im the process of painting the kit right now, waiting for the base coat to set, then a few more colour coats. It should be up and running tomorro I hope. 25 mpg in nemesis is nuts! How is the fuel ratio controlled?
     
    mephtar, May 22, 2008
    #114
  15. Mafix

    Mafix Owner Staff Member Administrator Donated!

    remember i have a standalone eninge management unit.
     
    Mafix, May 22, 2008
    #115
  16. mephtar

    mephtar Well-Known Member

    but is it still O2 sensor input that controlls that? or is it mapped out?
     
    mephtar, May 22, 2008
    #116
  17. mephtar

    mephtar Well-Known Member

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    and the arodynamic mods I was talking about, grill block and front air dam

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    mephtar, May 23, 2008
    #117
  18. mephtar

    mephtar Well-Known Member

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    If Only I had some correct lug nuts :'(

    yard sales FTW!
     
    mephtar, May 24, 2008
    #118
  19. Dman_23

    Dman_23 Guest

    Lol nice - I was wondering why they didn't look quite right.

    It's coming along very nicely - looks very red.
     
    Dman_23, May 24, 2008
    #119
  20. rye

    rye Well-Known Member Donated!

    Lookin good bud! I don't know how much blocking that air dam will help...id say if anything it's less aerodynamic now unless you fill in those holes with some foam and fiberglass/bondo or something.....
     
    rye, May 24, 2008
    #120
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