Who else has done a taller transmission swap?

[MetroMPG]

Can you confirm or deny that Frank's tranny swap happened around the time of his 7th gaslog entry - where it jumped up? The notes don't say.

Yours & DaX's are more obvious.

[budomove]

Metro and Co. 6/23 was my last pre swap tank @39.8?mpg and 6/25 was the first post swap tank @43.?mpg. I have not gone consistently slow enough to see real results. Having the no torque b1 engine and the dpfi don't help.

[SVOboy]

You need mpfi!

[budomove]

mpfi is my dream. maybe this summer while you're in japan I will do an mpfi/obd1 conversion!

[MetroMPG]

Originally Posted by repete86

Why would you want a heated shop? Does it get cold in Canadia or something?

Smartass Floridians...

[SVOboy]

Originally Posted by budomove

mpfi is my dream. maybe this summer while you're in japan I will do an mpfi/obd1 conversion!

I'll be taking orders from parts straight out the hood, y0 (the tokyo hood).

[budomove]

I'll take a z1!


edit: and a yoshi!

[Matt Timion]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

(PS - both the tranny & Model T articles link back here, Matt. Actually many of my articles do.)

Hopefully we'll both notice some increased traffic then. I was going to write an article on the 1930s aero car, but I never actually got around to it.

Life just keeps getting in the way of running a fuel economy website

[DRW]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

Were you able to quantify the results, FE wise?

Unfortunately I don't have solid data. Before the swap my driving habits were fairly aggressive, and I averaged near the EPA combined average at 24-25mpg. After the swap I took a job 2 miles from home and stopped topping off the tank, so I didn't keep records. 2 years later I got a job 35 miles away with a long freeway commute. My driving habits also calmed down so my mpg jumped up.

[budomove]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

Frank doesn't have a pic of his car in the garage

I'll get on that.