Nothing really good to report. I haven't been keeping track of FE numbers like I should, I made a trip recently that was probably over half city driving (with up to 400lbs worth of passengers and 200lbs worth of cargo) and half interstate and managed to get in the neighborhood of 30mpg if I recall correctly. Still working on getting everything I've mentioned in previous posts done and coming up with new ideas to shave weight, clean up the body and what not. One of my more recent setbacks has been my fuel pump appearing to have died and the relay testing good. I bought a Walbro 190LPH pump and came to find out that there are two fuel pump relays, one is a "safety relay" which is supposed to break in case of an accident....I think I hit the train tracks a little too hard. Anyways I have fixed that issue but not without further wasting money that could have gone to better uses but you live you learn.

Any idea if DFCO might be (at least partially) responsible for my exhaust popping on decel? It usually pops pretty loudly when downshifting, the higher the revs after downshifting the louder, a second downshift made before dropping below 1500rpm doesn't make it pop at all and when it does drop to 1500rpm there is a little burble to it. I am at this point assuming that this is due to unburned fuel in the exhaust getting mixed in with a sudden burst of atmospheric air. Honestly it's a bit embarrassing for me to be unsure about this so don't grill me too hard about it.