Heater does reduce range a lot. But I built the mazda for a commuter truck to get to work & back (20 miles) with the ability to make an additional 10 or 20 miles for store trips/scrap yard. So if I run the heater & go straight to work & back I will be fine on range. EV's are not for everyone, but mine is for a specific purpose & overtime I will save. Havent started documenting progress yet, but will. Just got the ranger a couple of weeks ago. No that truck with the roll pan isnt mine, but this is:
So far I have built an air dam & partial grill block. Other mods: spare tire delete & excess steel associated with it, rear bumper delete, shortened antenna, tail pipe dumped over rear axle, passenger mirror delete, wiper delete, & steel rims replaced with lighter aluminum rims. next i plan to remove emblems, block more of the grill, fill in other gaps with weather stripping or something, smooth wheel covers, rear wheel skirts, & much more. I plan on making a build thread on ecomodder.com since that is where i get most of my ideas from.
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