[Shop-talk] 6 to 3 fuel saving

[Mark Noakes]

   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 at groupwbench.org wrote:

     On Jul 29, 2008, at 11:07 PM, eric at 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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