Caravan Roof Rack Delete
I was browsing the ecomodder forums this morning an found a good little aerodynamic mode, a roof rack delete, that someone had done there. Check it out:
I didn’t take pics of the whole process, but I can describe it pretty well…
Move both of the cross-beams as far apart as the rack will allow, one front, [...]
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Gas Up Tips
There are a couple of big don’ts when you’re filling up your gas tank. You need to keep this in mind every time you take a trip to the pump in order to avoid wasting gas.
First of all don’t bother topping [...]
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Hypermiling - A Sport?
In some places, hypermiling contests have been held to see who can get the highest mpg on a selected course.
The most recent Maximum Fuel Economy contest was held in Elkhart, Indiana at the Fuel Economy World Championships, where world records for the Honda Insight (213 mpg round trip), Toyota Prius (136 mpg round trip) and [...]
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Hypermiling Myths
I thought I would debunk a few popular hypermiling myths, as there really are a ton of them out there.
First of all the myth that starting your car uses as much gas as idling for a minute is absolutely untrue. It uses a very small amount of gas to start your car - whenever you’re [...]
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Automatic Transmission Shifting Technique
We all know that cars manual transmissions can sport some extra gas mileage by having a driver who shifts early. Did you know that there’s a pretty simply hypermiling technique to coax your auto car into shifting early? Check it out:
Some automatic transmissions can be coaxed to upshift sooner when accelerating by briefly releasing some [...]
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Auto Transmission - Shift to Neutral at Stop
Shift automatic transmissions to neutral when stopped (assuming you’re going to leave the engine running). Remaining in drive wastes fuel as the engine continues to try to creep the car forward while being held back by the brakes.
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Think About Wind Resistance
Headwinds can really drag down your gas mileage. A good practice is to stay behind another car, not too close, in order to allow them to ‘break’ the wind for you.
Headwinds aren’t the only winds that increase fuel consumption - cross winds can have a large negative effect as well. In crosswind conditions, choosing a [...]
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DIY Vacuum Forming
Here’s the dude’s website :
Vacuum Former Plans
For smooth racing disks, I am *guessing* that you don’t even need the vacuum part, because the wheel cover shape is so uniform and simple. I think the only question is figuring out how thick you want the wheel cover to be.
But, for other things (like a side view [...]
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Tips for Cheapest Gas
Depending on where you live there is most likely at least one gas station that has something special going on which allows it to offer gasoline for around $0.10 a gallon cheaper. The easiest way to save money on gas is, of course, to buy cheaper gas in the first place.
An example of this, here [...]
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You Think You’ve Got it Bad?
If you think that gas prices are getting out of hand where you live then you need to put a little perspective on things. As an example, in Sierra Leone gas goes for around $18.40 USD / GAL. Could you imagine paying that much?
The thing that we need to start doing is looking to these [...]
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