Battery Buffer
07-28-2011, 05:44 PM
#4
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the only PROVEN way to improve your MPG is tomaintain the car properly and learn to dive smarter, use only as much power as needed to move and keep it at or below 65 MPH my I30 when i first got it was getting 15/22 MPG but by useing a good plug (E3) sinthetic oil Royal Purple) and driving smart my MPG is now 21/36 as shown by my Scanguage II any thing that claims to improve MPG check out on the web first find reviews on it see how it actualy preformed.
07-30-2011, 03:36 PM
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well when i drive i don't do a fast start i ease away from a standstill. i use the OD all the time (AT) i coast as much as possible and avaid useing power uphill as much as possible. antisipate stops and start a coasting stop sooner and most times you get to the light after it goes back to green. a LOT of this i learned when i got my Class A CDL. you realy need to think far ahead when driving a large truck like them. and remember on the street, it's not a race i get where i am going as fast driving with a light foot as i did with a heavy foot. main differance is now i use a lot less gas getting there.
ALSO remember to use good oil and plugs in the car, that alone will give you a 2 to 5 MPG boost.
here is what i use
Plugs E3 dimond fire
Oil Royal Purple 5w30
filter Royal Purple
trans fluid royal Purple Max ATF
gas 93 octain (also add Zmax and lucas injector cleaner every 4th tank)
oil and trans coolers
K&N Air Filter
thats basicly it
the tuff part will be learning to drive economicly to help with that i use ScanGuage II it gives a real time readout of MPG as well as tell you the average for that trip. it tells you and can do a LOT more as well.
remember easy on the loud pedal and avaid the break as much as you can safely do, everytime you slow the car you need to give it gas to get back to speed so antisipate as best as you can.
and a side benifit learn to drive like that and then see if your insurance offers a snapshot discount =) can save money on that as well
ALSO remember to use good oil and plugs in the car, that alone will give you a 2 to 5 MPG boost.
here is what i use
Plugs E3 dimond fire
Oil Royal Purple 5w30
filter Royal Purple
trans fluid royal Purple Max ATF
gas 93 octain (also add Zmax and lucas injector cleaner every 4th tank)
oil and trans coolers
K&N Air Filter
thats basicly it
the tuff part will be learning to drive economicly to help with that i use ScanGuage II it gives a real time readout of MPG as well as tell you the average for that trip. it tells you and can do a LOT more as well.
remember easy on the loud pedal and avaid the break as much as you can safely do, everytime you slow the car you need to give it gas to get back to speed so antisipate as best as you can.
and a side benifit learn to drive like that and then see if your insurance offers a snapshot discount =) can save money on that as well
Last edited by knightowl; 07-30-2011 at 03:38 PM.
07-30-2011, 04:08 PM
#7
I find it extremely hard to believe that you increased your mileage by ~30% simply by changing plugs and oil.
I laugh at averaging 36mpg highway, like seriously ROFL! Only one member has proof of ever getting that kind of mileage and that happened one time, never again
I laugh at averaging 36mpg highway, like seriously ROFL! Only one member has proof of ever getting that kind of mileage and that happened one time, never again
07-30-2011, 05:37 PM
#11
Im just saying nobody averages 36mpg on vq30...nobody. Car was rated at 25mpg (average of most) so how you increased it by 11mpg almost a 50% increase, im sorry but I call BS
Yes it is actually
Yes it is actually
Last edited by tigersharkdude; 07-30-2011 at 05:41 PM.
07-30-2011, 06:37 PM
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36.2 average MPG rout taken was from my house to RT80 and back
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11256375/201...-19-55_989.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11256375/201...-19-55_989.jpg
07-30-2011, 08:11 PM
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the buffer is a capaciter that "smooths out" the power to the car and supposedly improves MPG and HP. the problem with that is the cap at that price is pretty cheep most caps used in a good sound system run over $100. there is a danger with this device as it looks to be installed between the alt and batt it can fool the charging system into thinking the batt is charged when it actualy isn't and i also doubt it can handel the power demands of modern cars so anyway you cut it. it's a POS waste of money
08-01-2011, 03:21 PM
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Location: S. Florida
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I'm confused. A 'cap' you mean capacitor right? a capacitor can store electrical energy so when your stereo, amps, etc.. wants more juice it is right there. Correct? How can this electrical energy be transferred into mechanical energy thus increasing power & economy?
08-01-2011, 03:32 PM
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I'm confused. A 'cap' you mean capacitor right? a capacitor can store electrical energy so when your stereo, amps, etc.. wants more juice it is right there. Correct? How can this electrical energy be transferred into mechanical energy thus increasing power & economy?
08-17-2011, 06:30 PM
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Don't use anything but Iridium plugs in your VQ35 pahanorlando.
I get 30MPG MAX and I have an intake, newish plugs (within 30k miles), and lowered.
Maybe the VQ30 can achieve higher MPG rating but 36 MPG is very very high. Are you calculating it by gallons of gas/distance or letting a computer do it for you? My computer always calculates 2MPG high...
As for the battery buffer, don't waste money on it (as everyone else has said), it won't do anything noticeable if it does anything at all.
I get 30MPG MAX and I have an intake, newish plugs (within 30k miles), and lowered.
Maybe the VQ30 can achieve higher MPG rating but 36 MPG is very very high. Are you calculating it by gallons of gas/distance or letting a computer do it for you? My computer always calculates 2MPG high...
As for the battery buffer, don't waste money on it (as everyone else has said), it won't do anything noticeable if it does anything at all.
08-17-2011, 11:20 PM
#22
I've gotten 30mpg in my stock 5spd DE-K cruizing all highway but 36 sounds too good to be true. unless you're tailgaiting a semi truck to avoid drag and running on 125 width tires with two of your coils unplugged (j/k) i dont see it happening
08-18-2011, 02:17 PM
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what can i say, guess my car was just built exceptionaly well. i did 3 fill up and checked it agenst miles driven and it all matches up with what scanguage 2 tells me.
08-29-2011, 03:26 PM
#25
You know something... I think what knightowl did is somehow possible. The driving experience might not be any degree of "fun" or convenient that we enjoy, but I think under the right circumstances it can be done.
The only reason I say this is a few years ago I had to deliver some extremely fragile items from St Louis to Chicago, and we used a V8 Toyota 4-Runner (rated at 14 city, 18 highway)
Even though everything was packed well, we decided to keep it between 45 and 50 mph to avoid vibrations and give us that much more reaction time. At those painfully slow speeds, the engine speed was just over 1000 rpm and we averaged (by trip computer and calculated by gas used and trip odometer) 26 mpg.
Of course the question going through our heads was:
The trip was about 325 miles and it took us about 7 hours at our speed.
At 70 mph, it would have taken us about 5 hours. Even though the engine was running slower for 7 hours, you'd think somehow we would have broken even on fuel consumption because the engine was running for a longer period of time...
Anyway, Knightowl discussed using a method comparable to "hypermiling" which is the same thing the pretentious little hybrid-driving twits use to get higher mileage in their cars. It's all about efficient use of energy and inertia. Couple that with some other factors, such as maybe his long commute is a nonstop 40 mph stretch of road, he inflated his tires to the maximum psi, shifted (assuming he has a manual) in such a way to avoid lingering in the lower gears, and any other number of variables, I'd say its plausible.
Not a lot of fun... but plausible.
The only reason I say this is a few years ago I had to deliver some extremely fragile items from St Louis to Chicago, and we used a V8 Toyota 4-Runner (rated at 14 city, 18 highway)
Even though everything was packed well, we decided to keep it between 45 and 50 mph to avoid vibrations and give us that much more reaction time. At those painfully slow speeds, the engine speed was just over 1000 rpm and we averaged (by trip computer and calculated by gas used and trip odometer) 26 mpg.
Of course the question going through our heads was:
The trip was about 325 miles and it took us about 7 hours at our speed.
At 70 mph, it would have taken us about 5 hours. Even though the engine was running slower for 7 hours, you'd think somehow we would have broken even on fuel consumption because the engine was running for a longer period of time...
Anyway, Knightowl discussed using a method comparable to "hypermiling" which is the same thing the pretentious little hybrid-driving twits use to get higher mileage in their cars. It's all about efficient use of energy and inertia. Couple that with some other factors, such as maybe his long commute is a nonstop 40 mph stretch of road, he inflated his tires to the maximum psi, shifted (assuming he has a manual) in such a way to avoid lingering in the lower gears, and any other number of variables, I'd say its plausible.
Not a lot of fun... but plausible.
Last edited by Montego Murph; 08-29-2011 at 03:30 PM.
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