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Discussion in 'Prius c Fuel Economy' started by novaz, Oct 27, 2017.

  1. novaz

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    I see a company called speedway motors has some 15 " moon discs they call them in the hotrod world has anyone tried them and seen any gains in MPG I thought I had seen another company or person called mikes that sells them but have been unable to find the link .
     
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    JimboPalmer Tsar of all the Rushers

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    Thanks for the reply the discs I bought were from CHROME WAREHOUSE $70.00 for the set of 4 fitted them yesterday so will see what my trip is after a month with them on .
     
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    1 week and so far a + improvement
     
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    How about a photo of your Prius c with the discs.
     
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  6. novaz

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    will try my phone as my Nikon just took a dump
     
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    sorry its a poor pic my flip phone
     
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    so after 1500 miles here is what I found my trip to town is 27 miles 2 of which are off road
    usually I use the ODO reading for mileage which shows the" from start" mpg,
    at each end of the journey it would show 62/64 mpg which would turn out to be 60/61 actual mpg this was at a CC of 45MPH as its a very quiet highway there was no risk to other users I used CC to remove a variable from the figures ,after fitting the discs my ODO readings would show 67/69 mpg and this turned out to be an actual MPG of 64/65mpg in fill ups so not a huge increase as mentioned by other user here but interesting ,I stopped the test due to much colder weather now and also I lost a disc in an off road traffic accident avoidance maneuver, I am going to try this test again @55 mph when I get a replacement disc .
     
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    It mataid aerodynamics, but it is also compromising brake cooling...like on a long downhill stretch.

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    I don't have any steep downhills on my trip and I use regen to slow down so no brake problems
     
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    darn was hoping for an update
     
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    Same lol. Once my money is up I plan to buy the genuine mooneyes discs and rivet to my stock 2nd gen plastic ring
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