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suprapsu Weight Reduction for better FE 07-10-2008, 09:54 PM

almightybmw well, skipping the blah-blah... 07-11-2008, 12:41 AM

GasSavers_BEEF just remember the pay off for... 07-11-2008, 03:37 AM

GasSavers_RoadWarrior Drag racers go off the deep... 07-11-2008, 05:29 AM

theholycow I know this isn't the... 07-11-2008, 05:49 AM

civic94 Ive driven with my spare... 07-11-2008, 05:57 AM

VetteOwner ya i highly doubt just taking... 07-11-2008, 07:07 AM

GasSavers_Erik I always carry a small 12volt... 07-11-2008, 07:09 AM

GasSavers_JoeBob OMFG...just remembered the... 07-11-2008, 09:07 PM

VetteOwner yea plug kits work, as logn... 07-11-2008, 07:25 AM

GasSavers_JoeBob I've plugged sidewalls and... 07-11-2008, 09:04 PM

theholycow Plugs work fine for me, and... 07-11-2008, 09:24 AM

1cheap1 I have thought about swiss... 07-11-2008, 08:18 PM

GasSavers_JoeBob All this is interesting,... 07-11-2008, 09:02 PM

guest001 In theory it does increase... 07-11-2008, 09:21 PM

skale7 I would think that reducing... 10-07-2008, 01:41 PM

Jay2TheRescue I think that kinda evens out... 10-07-2008, 01:52 PM

thisisntjared a cf hood will save around... 10-07-2008, 01:51 PM

skale7 But if you DFCO you really... 10-07-2008, 02:03 PM

theholycow But, if you have more weight... 10-07-2008, 04:28 PM

skale7 In an ideal road, yes. ... 10-07-2008, 07:13 PM

theholycow Agreed, those conditions... 10-08-2008, 06:13 AM

itjstagame I'm actually going to add... 10-08-2008, 06:32 AM

theholycow How much weight are you going... 10-08-2008, 06:49 AM

palemelanesian It should be easy to test. ... 10-08-2008, 07:02 AM

DarbyWalters Reducing the weight is going... 10-08-2008, 07:03 AM

Dalez0r Look at it this way, less... 10-08-2008, 07:22 AM

thisisntjared it also means you will slow... 10-08-2008, 10:40 AM

Dalez0r Only because your car is... 10-08-2008, 11:12 AM

thisisntjared in theory it is less. but i... 10-08-2008, 11:32 AM

Dalez0r True, tires/rolling... 10-08-2008, 12:32 PM

theholycow I've been driving with ~300... 10-08-2008, 12:58 PM

almightybmw speak for yourself, I'm not... 10-09-2008, 03:35 AM

thisisntjared thats still more power than a... 10-09-2008, 06:41 AM

R.I.D.E. Consider it from a ballistic... 10-09-2008, 04:04 AM

Mr. Pig Generally engine displacement... 10-09-2008, 06:06 AM

GasSavers_BEEF I do agree with the whole... 10-09-2008, 07:12 AM

Blue Bomber Man Adding weight for increasing... 10-10-2008, 12:53 AM

thisisntjared nobody is saying that. they... 10-10-2008, 05:54 AM

Blue Bomber Man actually it seems several... 10-10-2008, 08:54 AM

Jay2TheRescue LOL, in the winter I used to... 10-10-2008, 09:13 AM

thisisntjared who?? 10-10-2008, 09:14 PM

GasSavers_BEEF that is mighty ironic ... 10-10-2008, 03:26 AM

theholycow Yes, but it's always never... 10-10-2008, 09:25 AM

Jay2TheRescue Ok, Jack, Janet, and whatever... 10-10-2008, 09:49 AM

99metro Good point BEEF. Lowering Cd... 10-10-2008, 03:54 AM

R.I.D.E. The size of the engine will... 10-10-2008, 04:23 AM

palemelanesian For what it's worth, my... 10-10-2008, 11:34 AM

Jay2TheRescue My MPG always goes down with... 10-10-2008, 04:37 PM

GasSavers_BEEF holy cow, never and always... 10-10-2008, 12:13 PM

theholycow What's responsible I don't... 10-10-2008, 02:18 PM

Dalez0r Jay2TheRescue: I try to make... 10-10-2008, 05:50 PM

Jay2TheRescue Yeah, but some of the people... 10-10-2008, 06:05 PM

Philip1 perhaps a flier attached to... 10-10-2008, 06:31 PM

Jay2TheRescue How about something like this... 10-10-2008, 07:21 PM

Philip1 briliant Printed and... 10-10-2008, 07:26 PM

theholycow You might want to fix the... 10-11-2008, 03:22 AM

Philip1 weird my spell checker didn't... 10-11-2008, 05:37 AM

Jay2TheRescue Sorry, my spell checker... 10-11-2008, 11:29 AM

palemelanesian Did a controlled test on... 10-13-2008, 05:22 AM

theholycow That may well be the first... 10-13-2008, 06:13 AM

almightybmw see earlier posts about 5... 10-13-2008, 01:45 PM

GasSavers_GasUser Wow.....really an... 10-13-2008, 08:05 PM

theholycow That's a mere 2.5% change in... 10-13-2008, 02:01 PM

GasSavers_BEEF the problem with an... 10-13-2008, 06:29 PM

almightybmw When I someday get my protege... 10-13-2008, 10:27 PM

thisisntjared i think the two different... 10-14-2008, 04:17 AM

baddog671 When I had my metro I... 10-15-2008, 03:49 PM

baddog671 [QUOTE=thisisntjared;121325]i... 10-15-2008, 03:50 PM

theholycow Perhaps the pattern is that... 10-15-2008, 04:58 PM

almightybmw I totally agree with you... 10-15-2008, 09:56 PM

palemelanesian I entirely agree. The family... 10-16-2008, 05:51 AM

Jay2TheRescue My old Bonneville wagon... 10-16-2008, 06:18 AM

theholycow Another data point, from a... 11-08-2008, 10:42 AM

10-10-2008, 08:54 AM	#11
Blue Bomber Man Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3	actually it seems several people are. Adding weight will ALWAYS hurt fuel economy some, but if you are improving other variables more then the weight increase contributes to fuel economy, then yes, you will have a net increase in gas mileage. If you could add weight to increase fuel mileage, everyone would be placing concrete blocks in their car year round. Also I believe basjoos car did gain much if any weight, he chopped off some significant metal, removed glass, and replaced it with aluminum, lexan and I think abs plastic, which is probably considerbly lighter.

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