Red bullet VVTI seloniod

That is SWEET! If I had trim like that, I would be smiling everyday when it glides!
Nice and clean ride Montgomery really happy for you!
The Red Bullet is available on the intErnational Buying AccessorY if you are interested.

 

I have the white one too! Really hard to keep clean but oh my you will need shades to look at it after a good wash!

 

Hi Chip,

That is awesome news! I hope you are enjoying the extra oomph too. I am glad it is working out for you! 3mpg might still go higher as time passes and with those shoes you must be doing something really serious!
Thank you for sharing!

 

Hi CSuirp! Thanks for sharing!

I see you are getting pretty good results there! I will update the installation manual soon to reminde users to take the ECO off after installing the Red Bullet.

Are you getting 28.14km/l average next to the trip distance display or were those singular trip highs?

I would love to see you in millage brags!

 

Wow those tires really took a toll on FC. Nearly 10km/l!
Keepn us posted!

 

Wow CSuirp! You hit the big 70 without telling us! Late congratulations to you!
With the trip summery showing you a higher number mostly everytime when you turn off then your ODO and ECO is totally normal.
This usually means your ODO and ECO will continue to slowly climb on the basis you keep on doing what you do on a regular basis.

I'm still looking into the situation of ECO being less efficient with the Red Bullet. From what I read so far, it seems like the ECO goes against the Red Bullet fundamental design.
Switching On ECO mode is to reduce output in both on board accessory and retard the engine performance (less throttle response, less fuel injected, and retard the valves and timing to suit)to reduce energy consumption.

The main design of the Red Bullet is to utilise full potential of Toyota's VVTI, using the full spectrum of VVTI on the basis of normal fuel and air mixture coupled with acces to full gain of the valve modulation.

ECO mode tries to save gas and be economical by reducing power and performance output. We know that the energy transfer curve is not linear. So ECO tries to keep you at the lower range where not so much energy loss is generated in comparison with upper power band.

The Red Bullet is there to increase the efficiency by straightening that curve on the entire power band.

By limiting the engine output with the ECO mode, it does not allow the Red Bullet to utilise its full potential which is the entire range of the power band. Hence you might not be getting the efficiency benefits with ECO on. Not saying that you wouldn't at all, like you said it was better then before, but not right up in the 68 until you turned it off I guess.

 

On post #230 you said you were getting 68-70mpg on your trip summery! That's good info my books buddy!

For the overall average to go above 28km/l is very difficult but it all depends on your driving condition.

For example in the begining of my 901km challenge, I had a lot of errands to run in a single day, they were during the day so traffic was not crazy such as rush hour but it was steady enough for me to get good numbers, trips were mostly 70+mpg, with good distance and I only had to do one warm up cycle for the whole day and one climb to get home at the end of the day. I was able to sustain 28 overall average for a few weeks running those errands.

Now it went down to 27.1- 27.2 and considering the ground covered, it is a very significant drop.
And I know what is causing it. I don't drive much of the day no more, I drive to lab and stay there for the good part of the day. So there is now one extra warm up cycle in the mix at least. My lab has underground parking, very steep climb to get out so that takes a lot of mpg just to get out also.

And going home i have a long stretch to climb also everyday. These factors are taking a toll on my mpg for sure. If I could eliminate this then my overal FC will be at least 28.4km/lfrom my estimate. Which is pretty significant, especially doing this 901km/tank.
I have 10km to go. Here are the stats so far:
My trip today


My range covered, FC and glide ratio! That range has been 0km for the good part of this week. I try not to look at it.

I hope I'll have enough gas distribution to get out of the underground parking. I think the gradient is pretty steep, more then 15% in some parts for just around 100m long.
I should be down to my last liter or a smidge.

 

Hi CSuirp,
I have concluded a 900-km challenge. As soon as I gassed up I switched the vehicle into eco mode. I have to be honest about the mode... I am not impressed. But it might be too early to tell, my fuel economy is stuck around 23 km per liter. I'll drive a few more hundred km to see if it improves. But at this point I think we were onto something when we switch you from eco mode to regular mode.

It has been a very long day and at the end was a very stressful one, after lab towards the gas station I was really stressed that we were going to run out of gas. After finding we only had about half a liter, it really had the hair standing on the back of my neck. We all looking into why the results differ from the meter and the computer, something doesn't add up. We will get to the bottom of it.

Rest assured we made it to 900km per tank with the help of the Red Bullet, and we did not sacrifice any power and pep while doing it. Maybe if my seat were white they would be stained brown now.

I'll update on the ECO mode as I go.
Thank you CSuirp for thinking about me! I was close to getting 1 liter and added to the total amount. But glad I grew a pair and stuck with the program!

 

Hi CSuirp!

I think you will stabilise somewhere around that area. The Red Bullet improves the overall performance in regards to fuel economy and power output combined.
You will get those 70+ soon. Just work on the throttle and on a trip out of the blue you will be greeted with a 70+ trip summery! I can taste it!

Since i topped up my tank with a more or less certainty that it has at least 35.46l, I am going to try and do the Eco review, I want to give it a chance too so will drive until I see a significance. Not to hit 900km, but just to see where it goes. Mostly focusing on the experience and the drive of the adjusted performance.
More importantly I would like to see if both of our vehicles will have the same result in eco mode. I understand this will not qualify as a scientific proposal but it would be interesting to see if we have some overlapping results. Whatever happens we can go from there. I am a little bit reluctant to put in the OEM solenoid after the Eco run. I don't think I have enough bleach for my seat.

Drive safe everybody and I'll keep you guys posted. Please don't hesitate to check out the links on the challenge page!

 

Hi CSuirp !

The challenge for the 900km on ECO will be up by Monday if ever. Its not posted yet.
Still driving around with it on, will see if its remotely possible.

So far interesting numbers. I will update on Monday.