My Trac is now up to 16 mpg local driving ONLY!
I have not touch a highway or county road at all.
I will be going to harbor freight soon so I will be able to get a nice
highway reading as wells as a combined MPG.
But still...I want more!
I will be tweaking the EFIE some more!
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Eggplant from the Garden!
Another gem from the garden.
This is a 10" Japaneses Eggplant.
There are 4 or 5 more on the plant currently!
This is a 10" Japaneses Eggplant.
There are 4 or 5 more on the plant currently!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
HHO System Inspection
Today I did a systems inspection of the HHO system. Basically, looking for leaks, corrosion, & problems in general.
All the connections were tight, the reservoir was sealed, the bubbler did not any leaks. I replaced the vinegar & distilled water solution in the bubbler even though it was clear.
Next I broke down the cold air intake. Basically what I am looking for here is corrosion. Since KOH is corrosive to aluminum & I had previously replaced my OEM rubber intake with aluminum tubes, I thought it prudent to inspect this.
The first thing I saw when I disconnected the tube from the throttle body was that I did have some corrosion in the tube.
You can see the trail coming from the HHO inlet down the pipe towards the air cleaner.
The opposite side towards the throttle body was relatively clean with just some minor residue on the poly connections.
My throttle body housing as well as my MAF housing is made of plastic. Neither of those 2 components were affected.
As it appears that the HHO is more or less hitting the airflow & going everywhere, I decided to rig it so the HHO is fed as close to the throttle body without interfering.
This feed tube is 4 mm away from the throttle body butterfly. I also repositioned the intake tube so that it is even and not at a downward angle towards the MAF.
Hopefully this will direct more gas to the intake at idle which I have noted the Trac uses more gasoline.
All the connections were tight, the reservoir was sealed, the bubbler did not any leaks. I replaced the vinegar & distilled water solution in the bubbler even though it was clear.
Next I broke down the cold air intake. Basically what I am looking for here is corrosion. Since KOH is corrosive to aluminum & I had previously replaced my OEM rubber intake with aluminum tubes, I thought it prudent to inspect this.
The first thing I saw when I disconnected the tube from the throttle body was that I did have some corrosion in the tube.
You can see the trail coming from the HHO inlet down the pipe towards the air cleaner.
The opposite side towards the throttle body was relatively clean with just some minor residue on the poly connections.
My throttle body housing as well as my MAF housing is made of plastic. Neither of those 2 components were affected.
As it appears that the HHO is more or less hitting the airflow & going everywhere, I decided to rig it so the HHO is fed as close to the throttle body without interfering.
This feed tube is 4 mm away from the throttle body butterfly. I also repositioned the intake tube so that it is even and not at a downward angle towards the MAF.
Hopefully this will direct more gas to the intake at idle which I have noted the Trac uses more gasoline.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
HHO Mileage
With a setting of 275mv as a base to the O2 sensors, driving only local, the Trac averaged 13.9 mpg which was 2.7% less than my mpg with the EFIE set at 350mv which was 14.3mpg yet better than my base mpg of 13mpg. If you recall at 350mv the Trac ran like crap.
Now I raised the base mv to the O2 sensors to 300mv driving only local, the Trac averaged 15.6 mpg which was 10.9% more than my mpg with the EFIE set at 275mv
My no HHO local mileage is 13mpg So with HHO I get 15.6 that's a 16.67% overall improvement. The truck still runs smooth with no loss in power or performance. I will increase the base mv to 310mv & see the results.
I will post in another 100 miles what my findings are.
Now I raised the base mv to the O2 sensors to 300mv driving only local, the Trac averaged 15.6 mpg which was 10.9% more than my mpg with the EFIE set at 275mv
My no HHO local mileage is 13mpg So with HHO I get 15.6 that's a 16.67% overall improvement. The truck still runs smooth with no loss in power or performance. I will increase the base mv to 310mv & see the results.
I will post in another 100 miles what my findings are.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
The Vegetable Garden - Current
Another trip trough the garden. One thing I have found regarding the hanging plants. The small pots may not be big enough to sustain the plant growth. I find myself having to water them daily when I'm told once every 2 or 3 days should suffice. But they get dry!
Next time I will use Home Depot Orange buckets for my upside down plants.
Here's a few samples of the zucchini & peppers picked.
Next time I will use Home Depot Orange buckets for my upside down plants.
Here's a few samples of the zucchini & peppers picked.
The Vegetable Garden - May 04, 2010
I noticed that one of my squash plants looked a bit "undernourished" & wilty for a week or so. My other squash plants are large & robust but not this one. I don't know if you can make it out in the pix below:
Reading up on this on the internet, I found that it has Bacterial Leaf Wilt. It appears its a U.S. disease that affects cucumbers, squash, pumpkins, and watermelon among other plants. Spread by the striped cucumber beetle. So I uprooted that plant & treated the others & my new cantaloupes with Sevin.
Hopefully it stops there!
Reading up on this on the internet, I found that it has Bacterial Leaf Wilt. It appears its a U.S. disease that affects cucumbers, squash, pumpkins, and watermelon among other plants. Spread by the striped cucumber beetle. So I uprooted that plant & treated the others & my new cantaloupes with Sevin.
Hopefully it stops there!
The Vegetable Garden - Apr 22, 2010
Just wanted to post my progress on the garden, what a difference a few weeks make.
This was the 3 tomato & 2 pepper plants I originally hung up
As you can see, they have grown nicely. The new plants (long tomato plants) were my "ignored" seedling that grew on their own in the shed. I also have eggplant growing here.
As you can see, my original tomato plants are now producing a crop!
Moving down the line is the mint. I opted to keep them in a planter box as they will quickly overgrow.
This was the original garden I planted back in the beginning of April
It is growing extremely well, with very little maintenance, and my wife has been consistently harvesting the romaine lettuce & the spinach!!!
Although I have hot peppers growing, I have to find a source for super hot peppers...I like the heat!
This was the 3 tomato & 2 pepper plants I originally hung up
As you can see, they have grown nicely. The new plants (long tomato plants) were my "ignored" seedling that grew on their own in the shed. I also have eggplant growing here.
As you can see, my original tomato plants are now producing a crop!
Moving down the line is the mint. I opted to keep them in a planter box as they will quickly overgrow.
This was the original garden I planted back in the beginning of April
It is growing extremely well, with very little maintenance, and my wife has been consistently harvesting the romaine lettuce & the spinach!!!
Although I have hot peppers growing, I have to find a source for super hot peppers...I like the heat!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
