I was mostly just trying to see what I could do with it as an
engineering experiment.
A C4 vette will typically get good gas mileagte anyway on the
interstate...27mpg with the cruise control set on 70mph while running
only 1600rpm and 20-22mpg typical city/highway average which is
honesty good enough for me at current gas prices...no big deal. Now
typical SCCA event is something different...about 5mpg, but I don't do
those often.
Mark N
On Jul 30, 2008, strovato@optonline.net wrote:
I would rather thrash a 4 banger econobox than drive a Corvette
like
that. It's kind of like saving on heating oil by setting your
thermostat to 55. That really works too!
At 07:13 AM 7/30/2008, Mark Noakes wrote:
> I haven't been paying attention to this thread till now so
I don't
> know what else was said, but I've done what I would
call casual
> hypermiling (keeping it legal) on my 86 Corvette, mildly
modified for
> SCCA Solo2 racing (street prepared category) and I can
get 33mpg
> highway and 26+ city/highway avg on it, but it is incredibly
boring.
> Do a web search on hypermiling and stick to what is legal
and your
> mileage should go up 30-40% over what you are currently
getting...the
> one place where you are stuck is in total stop and go traffic
though.
> Mark Noakes
>
> On Jul 30, 2008, jamesf@groupwbench.org wrote:
>
> On Jul 29, 2008, at 11:07 PM, eric@megageek.com wrote:
> >
> >
> > So, there are way better ways to reduce fuel costs.
Didn't
> someone
> > here
> > once post about putting a tennis ball under the gas pedal?
> >
> >
> I have an '04 WRX. A friend had an '02. She said no
matter how
> gently
> she drove, she never got better than 22mpg. So I never
tried.
> WHen gas hit $4 I tried. Shift at 2000 rpm, predictive
coasting, no
>
> AC, max 70mph. I was able to get 30 mpg from it. It wasn't
fun,
> especially in Boston, but it worked.
> jim
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