alignment and MPG

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Fuel Economy' started by cyclopathic, Oct 13, 2014.

  1. cyclopathic

    cyclopathic Senior Member

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    just got front Toe-in adjusted; MPG went up from 58 to 63
     
    #1 cyclopathic, Oct 13, 2014
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    Darn, who would have thought that???
     
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    How out of whack was it? Did you get a print out?
     
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    I lowered the car 1" with coilovers...haven't had an alignment yet for 3 months now but my mpg has been the same. I will get to the alignment maybe around xmas time :). Perhaps if I went lower, my toe in would have been off more.
     
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    no print out but I was told it was toe-in more then 1/2" on both wheels. It is ~1/8" now. I am a little fuzzy on conversions from mythical " to deg, but from what I understand it was within factory .75deg margin, though close to limit.
     
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