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Tofuball's '94 XFi; It's all about city MPG
Topic Started: Mar 12 2011, 08:59 AM (39,408 Views)
Tofuball
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The weather is getting almost passable, I just got my workshop kinda in order ... and I just got cited by the county. I need to get rid of the car.

Yeah, not the update you wanted, I know :/
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Tofuball
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Wait, ignore the last post, a friend just offered to give it a spot so I could work on it.

Abort panic.
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snowfish
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Glad to hear from you! :rocker And ready to tackle the beast again. :gamerz I know this will turn out spectacular. :thumb :popcorn
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Tofuball
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Yes, I have a friend helping me now.
Work starts Saturday . . .
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freden00
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I'm the friend. My commute is about 55 miles per day, so I'm really looking forward to getting at least double the MPG that my current car gets :)
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idmetro
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Welcome friend! Sounds like a workable arrangement for all.
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Woodie
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Welcome

And welcome back Tofuball.
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Yesss welcome back!
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Tofuball
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It has begun!

Being moved to freden00's garage for the last few touches to get it back on the road.

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And it's in my garage!

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The plan is to look it over, finish reading this thread, plan an intake / exhaust, mount / tune the MS3, and generally work with Jason to get it on the road.
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freden00
Mar 24 2014, 09:11 AM
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Freden00, you building the Spirit of St Louis in the background?

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Woodie
Mar 25 2014, 05:19 AM
Freden00, you building the Spirit of St Louis in the background?

lol! Nope, the winglike thing is part of my gutters that came down when we had those high winds. The car under the tarp is my 1987 Supra Turbo, which is my low mileage / high performance project. It needs a lot of front end work due to a Kia that thought it could make a sudden turn in front of me...

Back on topic, I had a little time this weekend to look at the XFi and I'm starting to design the warm / cold intake in my head... if anyone has suggestions on how to design one, this week would be an excellent time to share them!
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My thought is that the hot\cold intake can be installed on top of the header, with a metal flap that is vacuum actuated w/ a solenoid controlled by one of the MS outputs (hot only during warmup, etc) - I have solenoids I can give you for it. Someone here might have a more concrete or better idea though.

I'm thinking you should just slap a filter on it for now to get it going though.
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So, just because I'm kind of confused...
Does the car/will the car still belong to Tofuball? Or is freden00 the new owner?
I am wondering because of this comment:
freden00
Mar 19 2014, 02:35 PM
I'm the friend. My commute is about 55 miles per day, so I'm really looking forward to getting at least double the MPG that my current car gets :)
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Mythstae
Apr 1 2014, 02:40 PM
So, just because I'm kind of confused...
Does the car/will the car still belong to Tofuball? Or is freden00 the new owner?
I am wondering because of this comment:
freden00
Mar 19 2014, 02:35 PM
I'm the friend. My commute is about 55 miles per day, so I'm really looking forward to getting at least double the MPG that my current car gets :)
In exchange for freden00 doing most of the rest of the work on the car, he gets to be the primary driver, keep it at his house, etc.
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