I have been thinking about what it is I want to build this car for. Well, recently (as we all have seen) gas and diesel have jumped over a country who supplies less than 5% of our oil consumption. I am sitting back chuckling to myself as some guys are complaining over filling there oversized SUV's for their family. Family meaning guy+girl+1 CHILD= Need for a rather large vehicle. Complaining how it takes $70 to fill up for them to get to work each week. Yada, yada, yada, poop.
So, Project MMPG (Maximum Miles Per Gallon) starts now. What I have is a 85 VW 2dr Golf with a 1.6L NA diesel coupled to a 5spd transmission, ACH code. A good start but needs more. Currently done to it:
Larger than stock tires
I get 35mpg around town and 52 on the highway because of said tires. I am wanting something more uniform.
Here are the plans to the car:
13" Steel to replace the 14" aluminum with smaller tires (Less rotating weight. Know of any mileage savers? Donuts maybe )
Lowering a inch or 2 (less under car turbulence)
Custom front and rear roll pan/valence (Help direct air flow)
Lose additional weight from the interior (Back seat is not even remotely used, yet. Keeping a spare and less tools)
Front/rear spacers to get rid of the tuck (Make the wheels flush with fenders for less turbulence)
Windshield high pressure area vented down and around car (Have ideas...)
Engine mods are:
Fresh head with a P&P
Custom intake POST filter
Custom intake PRE filter
Larger exhaust
Rebuilt injection pump
Rebuilt stock injectors
Timing advance bump
Inline electric lift pump
Regasket to rid of any leaks
All oils will be replaced by synthetic fluids. Everything will be grease and aligned. Tires might be hyper-inflated to seek out best MPG at times. Not all the time, just after I get a good baseline.
Will post up results and builds.
Peace