[Shop-talk] 6 to 3 fuel saving

[Mark Noakes]

   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 at 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 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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