y 97 Saturn SC1 I can use a different belt and bypass either or both of these without needing any other changes.
Anyone know how much MPG gains I might get by bypassing either or both of these?
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I think on my 97 Saturn SC1 I can use a different belt and bypass either or both of these without needing any other changes.
Anyone know how much MPG gains I might get by bypassing either or both of these? |
expect 3-5mpg
expect 3-5mpg
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I'm guessing 1-2mpg, but I'm
I'm guessing 1-2mpg, but I'm VERY interested in knowing either way. Are you going to run a controlled experiment in order to determine the exact results?
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can you give a bit more info
can you give a bit more info about your testing?
- were these tests conducted at the same ambient temperature? - round trip, or one way? (grade & wind issues) - in a traffic flow, or on your own (aero differences from corridor effect)? - cruise control for testing purposes or manual control? |
The baseline and mods up to
The baseline and mods up to 46.8 mpg were in cold conditions, ie around 30f. The more recent ones were at about 65f. Interestingly enough, all the Saturn gurus were saying my MPG improvements would dissapear with warmer weather and summer gas, but it hasn't happened that I've seen.
All are round trip with same 5 mi warmup trip to starting point back to the same end point with RPM +/- 100 max, and there was no drafting of traffic, ie nothing closer than 50 yards in front of me. Cruise was used for initial tests just to eliminate variability, but I don't plan to use it because I found that I can do much better with a steady foot. Cruise control costs 3 mpg from what I've found as compared to keeping one eye on a TPS and RPM reading. I don't do any of the coasting, shutting off the engine, or driving at 45, or porposing type stuff like I've read here. My point was/is to see what I can get normally driving on the highway at reasonable speeds. Around town I'm getting just under 40 mpg in suburban stop and go driving at an avg of 27 mph. I only mention that for comparison purposes since I consider that kind of driving impossible to use for any kind of test because there are way too many extraneous variables involved. |
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Hey, cheapybob i guess you
Hey, cheapybob i guess you found the site from my link on saturnfans. I was hoping we could get some more saturns on this honda dominated site :P
https://www.gassavers.org/forum_topic/ac_and_power_steering_on_fe.html this thread shows some improvement by removing ac/ps. |
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