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92 Silver Geo Metro LSi; Modding 'Bullet' for FE. Lots of pix. Solar Experiment, Body Mods. LEDs, Comments welcome!
Topic Started: Nov 9 2009, 01:11 AM (3,701 Views)
Metro Fanatic	Nov 28 2009, 01:14 AM Post #31
Posts: 380 Group: Valued Members Member #879 Joined: Jun 16, 2009 Location Bowie, MD Year/Make/Model 92 Metro Base Model............. 92 Metro LSi / 93 Metro XFi..... 94 Geo Metro LSi	BB too bad. On the plus side....your skin must look young! Where is McCall? I used to play up by Coeur d Alene (can't recall the spelling)....beautiful area. Edited by Metro Fanatic, Nov 28 2009, 02:21 AM.



Bad Bent	Nov 28 2009, 01:48 AM Post #32
Facetious Educated Donkey Posts: 3,847 Group: Moderator Member #334 Joined: Dec 26, 2008 Location Native of SoCal, existing in McCall, Idaho Year/Make/Model 1991 and 1996 Geo Metros	Good spelling... McCall is two hours north of Boise, about 7 hours south of Coeur d' Alene. Yea, we almost moved up there, very pretty. This is a long valley, mountains, but the town it's self is by a lake, sunk in a hole- No views. Hey, I sort of have a job and our boss pays for our DSL. Our dog was rescued and we got her in 2003, that's one saving grace. I miss geckos. What did you play?



Metro Fanatic	Nov 28 2009, 02:45 AM Post #33
Posts: 380 Group: Valued Members Member #879 Joined: Jun 16, 2009 Location Bowie, MD Year/Make/Model 92 Metro Base Model............. 92 Metro LSi / 93 Metro XFi..... 94 Geo Metro LSi	nerys Nov 24 2009, 10:06 AM well he can't. he is driving a 91 that means NO ODBII that means no scangauge and no "real time" fuel figures. he has to go tank by tank and as was noted the 6mpg gain IF it happened would only occur at steady state. once you factor in braking acceleration etc.. its all out the window. I have good reason to believe that Santa is bringing me a MPGuino this year...that will go on my center console with my alternator disconnect/battery load/solar input meter control panel. Whew...gotta come up with a cool acronym for that mouthful.



bogs	Nov 28 2009, 09:35 AM Post #34
Duct tape heals all wounds Posts: 2,743 Group: Valued Members Member #1,286 Joined: Oct 5, 2009	Metro Fanatic I have in fact gone further on a tank of gas since the installation of the solar panel. This tank averaged 61.65 MPG. That's up about 1.75 MPG. See, I count that as a consistent measurable gain, about the equivalent of adding skirts, lets say. ...Frankly, I think some put far too much emphasis on the "LOOK !! I'm getting 67.92 mpg COASTING DOWN THIS LARGE HILL FOR 2 SECONDS" baloney of instant measuring. Sure it helps adjust your driving methods, but its a fraction of the whole picture. ...Something that gives you the ability to go 1 and 3/4 mpg further consistently and over an entire tank of gas, even though small, is an improvement that shouldn't be over looked. Good job now get that up to 40 miles over the tank you lout your halfway there Edited by bogs, Nov 28 2009, 09:37 AM.



Metro Fanatic	Dec 27 2009, 03:25 PM Post #35
Posts: 380 Group: Valued Members Member #879 Joined: Jun 16, 2009 Location Bowie, MD Year/Make/Model 92 Metro Base Model............. 92 Metro LSi / 93 Metro XFi..... 94 Geo Metro LSi	It's been awhile since an entry! Maui vacation, Christmas company and now a pending move! Jeez. This will probably be the last entry until spring when I get the cars shipped to Maryland. The dash electric control and generator disconnect is coming along. I've got the Generator disconnect switch installed and working. (the large silver toggle). Of the 3 electric displays, 2 are working, the top is the trickle charge from my solar panel mounted where the cargo cover used to go. Full sunlight gives me up to 23Watts (rated at 15W so Hawaii sun is a bonus). The bottom right display is the current battery voltage. When I disconnect the generator via the switch I can keep an eye on the battery's voltage to make sure I don't let it drain too far. The bottom left display is my generator voltage display. This is currently INOP. I crossed wires installing it and it blew. A new on is on the way. No real value to this display other than I can watch what sort of voltage the generator produces at different speeds and electric loads. The blue toggle switch turns the diplays on and off so my car doesn't look like a TRON movie at night.



bogs	Dec 27 2009, 05:53 PM Post #36
Duct tape heals all wounds Posts: 2,743 Group: Valued Members Member #1,286 Joined: Oct 5, 2009	Man now that is just plain cool.



Metro Fanatic	Dec 29 2009, 04:39 PM Post #37
Posts: 380 Group: Valued Members Member #879 Joined: Jun 16, 2009 Location Bowie, MD Year/Make/Model 92 Metro Base Model............. 92 Metro LSi / 93 Metro XFi..... 94 Geo Metro LSi	December 27th. I took a 40 minute test drive this morning with the sun up and using the alternator disconnect. I was pleasantly surprised that I could run about 75-80% of the time with the alternator disconnected. Battery voltage slowly dropped but very slowly and actually stabilized around 12.2V with the solar input to offset loss. This definitly opens the door for longer daytime trips without the generator online. Peak voltage input from the PV cell was 23.9V today.



Metro Fanatic	Dec 29 2009, 05:11 PM Post #38
Posts: 380 Group: Valued Members Member #879 Joined: Jun 16, 2009 Location Bowie, MD Year/Make/Model 92 Metro Base Model............. 92 Metro LSi / 93 Metro XFi..... 94 Geo Metro LSi	Dec 29th Seafoamed Bullet After reading about Seafoaming and watching all the youtube vids I finally got a chance to seafoam my 'Bullet'. I bought the can a while back but wanted to wait until I was nearer my scheduled oil changes so I could remove any detritus that the seafoam breaks free or disolves. I was worried and curious to see how this would affect my 17 year old, 118,000 mile engine. I've only had this car about 10K miles but I was relatively sure it was driven kindly over the years. So I wasn't expecting any big clouds of smoke. I put a third of the can in both the gas tank and crank case 2 days ago. This morning I sucked the last 1/3rd of the can in through a vacuum hose. I ran the car on a 10 mile drive first to warm her up. When I put the hose to suck up the seafoam, we almost killed the car. Liz had to hop in and keep her RPMs up. Pretty quickly after introduction we got some smoke coming out the tail pipe. After revving the engine a bit, the smoke thickened but I was happy we didn't get the huge volume of smoke. We let the car sit for 5 minutes after sucking up all the seafoam. After 5 minutes, we started it up again and just a bit of smoke came out of the tail pipe. I did see some smoke come out of the exhaust manifold where it goes in to the tail pipe. Perhaps I need a new seal or gasket. I hopped in the car about 45 minutes later for a quick 5 mile test drive. I'm not sure if this was all in my head or not but the car seemed peppier and smoother. I was quite pleased. We'll see how the oil looks when I change it later this week (at only 2K since I'm going up to Mobil 1 0W-30.) I'll post pix later. Seafoam seems like a winner.



Metro Fanatic	Jan 2 2010, 10:54 PM Post #39
Posts: 380 Group: Valued Members Member #879 Joined: Jun 16, 2009 Location Bowie, MD Year/Make/Model 92 Metro Base Model............. 92 Metro LSi / 93 Metro XFi..... 94 Geo Metro LSi	Jan 2, 2010 Bullet set a new record for MPGs with the last fill-up. 62.93MPGs. Woo Hoo! I'm getting comfortable with the generator disconnect operations. No negative effects noted. I'll be upgrading my oil in a few days from Wal-mart 5W-30 to Mobil 1 0W-30. Also when I have her on the lift I'll change my transmission fluid (5spd, standard). I've only put 10K on Bullet since I bought her but don't have service records so I'm resetting the bar. I'm thinking of using Pennzoil Syncromesh. We'll see how that turns out. I'll also drain my radiator (been running water since I had it) and will be going to about 70/30% antifreeze (I was going to go 100% antifreeze until I read in the 92 service manual that anything above 70% actually increases the freezing point.) It's official, I accepted a job offer on the Mainland. Maryland here I come! Once I crate Bullet, I'm not sure what route the carrier will take to deliver the vehicle and how cold it will get, better safe than sorry. Edited by Metro Fanatic, Jan 3 2010, 09:20 PM.



Will	Jan 3 2010, 04:41 AM Post #40
Victory is mine!!!! Posts: 1,508 Group: Moderator Member #3 Joined: Sep 9, 2008 Location Brownsville, TN Year/Make/Model 2008 Chevy Cobalt XFE	Fantastic Project. Great reading.



Woodie	Jan 3 2010, 06:22 AM Post #41
Posts: 1,765 Group: Tech Certified Member #471 Joined: Feb 13, 2009 Location Laurel, MD Year/Make/Model 98 Metro LSI 4/5	You should absolutely put in Synchromesh, it's the best solution for our cars. It's thinner so it will save you gas and work better in the cold you're about to experience, 15 degrees here at the moment.



Metro Fanatic	Jan 9 2010, 07:06 PM Post #42
Posts: 380 Group: Valued Members Member #879 Joined: Jun 16, 2009 Location Bowie, MD Year/Make/Model 92 Metro Base Model............. 92 Metro LSi / 93 Metro XFi..... 94 Geo Metro LSi	6 Jan 2010 Finally changed oil from Wal-mart 5W-30 to Mobil 1 0W-30. While I had bullet up on the lift I also took the opportunity and changed out my manual transmission fluid. I intended to use pennzoil synchromesh but I could only buy that in a 5 gallon pail on Oahu. I went with Royal Purple Syncromesh instead. This was the first time I changed transmission fluid on any Geo I've ever owned. Results were Instantaneous! Before the tranny oil change, I had no noticeable issue with my shifting....everything seemed fine. After the oil change, WOW! The difference would be like trying to ice skate on sand first, then switching to a perfectly level sheet of ice. The machine shifted so smooth! Again, I had no issues before the change but I'm amazed at the difference after. The engine seems quieter too. The Mobil 1 seems to have positive results too. I seafoamed about 500 miles prior to this but the oil didn't come out that black (must have been lucky w/ a clean engine). I do notice now that the car temperature gage is noticeably cooler at cruise. I also noticed the other day cruising to work that it seemed like I had a tail wind when I coasted...which is frequent on our long stretches of up and down interstate...it seemed to take longer to lose speed. I kept looking at trees and flags to see my tail wind...but there wasn't one! Yoo Hoo! I'm attributing that to less internal resistance translating to a more efficient ride. I wont fill up for a few more days but it will be interesting to see the numbers! Edited by Metro Fanatic, Jan 12 2010, 01:37 PM.



Johnny Mullet	Jan 9 2010, 07:18 PM Post #43
"Geo Whisperer" Posts: 5,613 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Sep 7, 2008 Location Ashtabula, Ohio Year/Make/Model 97 & 98 Metro	Coming along quite nicely! Good job!



Metro Fanatic	Jan 12 2010, 01:55 PM Post #44
Posts: 380 Group: Valued Members Member #879 Joined: Jun 16, 2009 Location Bowie, MD Year/Make/Model 92 Metro Base Model............. 92 Metro LSi / 93 Metro XFi..... 94 Geo Metro LSi	Jan 12, 2010 Good results from using the higher end motor oil and transmission oil. I changed the oils about 1/2 way through the tank of gas (actually 177 miles before the next fill up) and MPGs increased. New record. 63.673MPG! I'm very happy with this increase especially since I did cart around an extra 200#s (in the form of my daughter's boyfriend who came out for Christmas (awesome....grrrr)) for about 100 miles on this gas tank. Next mod is simple and may only bring on small gains...but cumulatively the effects will be real with other improvements. I'm looking for LEDs to replace the following 6 lights, front running lights (X2), rear running lights (X2) and license plate lights (X2). These are alway on in darkness and I can save about 98% of their electric load by going LED. Every bit helps! Edited by Metro Fanatic, Jan 13 2010, 10:46 PM.



Metro Fanatic	Jan 17 2010, 09:35 PM Post #45
Posts: 380 Group: Valued Members Member #879 Joined: Jun 16, 2009 Location Bowie, MD Year/Make/Model 92 Metro Base Model............. 92 Metro LSi / 93 Metro XFi..... 94 Geo Metro LSi	Jan 17, 2010 Not really a project today but rather minor upkeep. I noticed the other day that the top bracket for my radiator had broke off and the radiator had a fair amount of bounce to it. I'll JB Weld it, see how it works. I'll edit w/ before and after pictures when complete. Anyone have luck with JB Weld? Edited by Metro Fanatic, Jan 17 2010, 09:35 PM.



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