More Cold Weather Hypermiling Do’s and Don’ts
Things not to do in cold/wet weather (which includes snow and rain):
1. Do not over inflate tires. I know this is an important thing to do for most Hypermilers, but in bad weather, you need the most contact/friction to the road as possible to stop when needed.
2. Do not draft. Drafting requires you [...]
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DIY - Replace Stock Thermostat For Better Fuel Economy
Replacing the thermostat is one of the easiest, cheapest, and most imperceptible ways to increase fuel economy. Stock thermostats, which generally open at around 180 degrees, are a compromise between performance and fuel economy. If you’re treating your engine kindly you can get away with installing a 195 degree thermostat in order to push your [...]
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DIY Rubber Front Wheel Skirts For Aerodynamics
My main motivations for doing it this way:
1) Ease of construction - I know how to cut aluminium (shears), use a drill (to drill steel car body, you should spray some lubricant such as wd-40 on the drill bit before and sometimes during use) use a screwdriver, and cut rubber with boxcutters. Nothing fancy and [...]
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Big Trucking Going Aerodynamic
Looks like the big boys are going with similar aerodynamic mods as us hypermilers, check it out:
Article
So if you’re still doubting maybe its time to go back through the archives and start on some of those DIY aerodynamic mods, they work and they’re simple!
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5th Generation Civic Hatchback - Aerodynamic Modded
So now I am setting out on the road of improving the aerodynamics of a 5th generation Honda Civic hatchback.
Goals are as follows:
1.) Improve aerodynamics from Cd: 0.32 to Cd: 0.26 or better (Honda Insight equivalent)
2.) Materials must be Weather, impact and wear resistant with a (projected) life of 5+ years of normal use.
3.) Overall [...]
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DIY Fuel Injector Kill Switch For 2005 Scion xB
This obvious point of this modification is to allow you to cut off fuel, thus killing the engine very quickly. This is for advanced hypermilers and allows you to conserve a lot of fuel by avoiding idling altogether.
This is how I added a fuel injector kill switch to my ‘05 Scion xB.
The kill switch works [...]
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DIY How To: Install A Block Heater
The example here is on a Geo Metro, you should be able to take these instructions and apply it to your own vehicle. For cold weather there’s nothing like allowing your engine to be hot without wasting gas letting it run to achieve a lot more MPG.
I picked up a Kat’s 850watt block heater today. [...]
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DIY 100 MPG Car Back On Road After 20 Years
Through the forums I learned about the interesting story of a two men who built a super-efficient car back in 1984 to combat high gas prices, only to pull it off the road again when prices became more manageable. The two, Craig Henderson and Bill Green, founded Avion in 1984 and then spent two years [...]
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Have a Carburetor? Try Fuel Atomization
Back in the days when carburetors were used to feed gasoline into the engine, there were a couple of tricks that could improve fuel economy a bit, especially when the engine was cold. One was a simple honeycomb spacer that fit under the carburetor. The turbulence created by the honeycomb helped break up the [...]
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Carpool and Save Big
We all know that the absolute best way to save gas is to drive less, but everyone has to get to work. You may not know anyone to carpool with but I guarantee there is someone in your area and a number of ways to carpool. Everything from shared money for gas to rotating turns [...]
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