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Originally Posted by dcb
I looked at the garage, The best here for a suburban is 13.7 mpg, so 20mpg average would be quite an achievement...
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...or a sign that it is waaay underutized |
Any of those 'Burbans diesel?
Let alone 5 cylinder and turbo?
This one's a diesel slusher. He's getting 12.81, but hasn't updated in eons.
I'm seeing weight specs on order of 6,000+, which is close to 2x the weight of the MB chassis you took the engine from, which, IIRC, had a curb of ~3,500#.
Also, with a .45 Cd and ~40 square feet of frontal area, you're pushing a sheet of plywood on a pedal bike, my friend.
I'll think good thoughts for you, though. I really hope it works out for you, though I may have to revise my previous statement of a potential 30 MPG. Probably not going to happen, at least not easily. I'll shout for 20, though. I'm sure you can do that.