"XJDano" (xjdano)
10/20/2016 at 07:00 • Filed to: Metro, Kinja
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"XJDano" (xjdano)
10/20/2016 at 07:00 • Filed to: Metro, Kinja | 5
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Green pool noodles as the grill block and lawn edging as the air dam.
I don’t remember where I got the idea,but blocking off the grill for aero supposedly reduces drag. Also adding an air dam to the bottom of the bumper does something. Well being the cheap ass I am, and the car a metro who gives a crap what it looks like, as long as it works.
I never got above 48.8 MPG, mostly in the high 30's. I never really hypermilled consistently. I just drove and this thing kept going and going.
I tried different things,
Also removed one of the windshield wipers and rotates the arm on the wiper motor 90° so that it started at the top and wiped down and rested back up top
I even tried to tape all the gaps on the way home from out of town.
Superbad ? It was great while it lasted. I’m not actually driving it anymore and after the sale and the last road trip I’ll likely change my display name to something else.
Kinja or my tablet ate my last paragraph and put it in the caption for the photo above. Oops.
3 more days.
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> XJDano
10/20/2016 at 08:07 |
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Is this a 3 cylinder one? When I hypermiled, the guys with the 3 banger metros were untouchable.
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XJDano
> SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
10/20/2016 at 08:20 |
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Yeah, 3 cylinder 1.0L
DipodomysDeserti
> XJDano
10/20/2016 at 08:24 |
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This is amazing
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> XJDano
10/20/2016 at 08:26 |
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Does it not overheat at all when you cover the grill?
E92M3
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
10/20/2016 at 08:42 |
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That was my thought.
66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash
> XJDano
10/20/2016 at 10:50 |
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Incredible lol
shop-teacher
> XJDano
10/20/2016 at 11:28 |
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My favorite part is the pool noodles shoved in the grill.
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XJDano
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
10/20/2016 at 12:34 |
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There is an O-ring on the back of the block that seals a tube that eventually goes to the radiator hose. That went bad and I couldn’t figure it out until I swapped transmissions the first time.
Never overheated with the grill block on. The radiator is about 18x18" anyway and has a pulling electric fan, I think there is enough space between bumper and core support to have enough fresh air.
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XJDano
> E92M3
10/20/2016 at 12:34 |
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See above response.
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XJDano
> shop-teacher
10/20/2016 at 12:36 |
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I did have to knot H out the center supports of the noodle to get it somewhat flush. Then it deteriated after about 2 years.
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shop-teacher
> XJDano
10/20/2016 at 13:06 |
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It’s almost like it wasn’t made for that :)