07-16-2008, 01:27 PM
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Box Dreamer
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Pittsburg, CA
Posts: 154
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Best MPG with EOC & without EOC
Please post your car model, transmission, modification, best MPG with EOC & without EOC.
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07-16-2008, 01:31 PM
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Master EcoModder
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Maynard, MA
Posts: 593
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Hi,
My best tankful (so far) is 46.69mpg -- I don't "do" EOC, so I can't help you there.
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07-16-2008, 01:35 PM
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Box Dreamer
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Pittsburg, CA
Posts: 154
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Oh, I forgot to post my own information.
2004 xB, manual, no mod, Best 40.17mpg never EOC.
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07-16-2008, 01:36 PM
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EcoModding Apprentice
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Albany, ny
Posts: 198
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Hi! Best tank with some EOC was 49.75 (it was after a trip, I wasn't on empty so I guess it could be considered best "trip"). Best tank without EOC would be 43ish but these tanks were not nearly identical so it's hard to compare. EOC gains me most on my commute to and from work, 28 miles, I can eoc about 4 miles or so of the commute and it nets me 5-8mpg depending on the day and traffic.
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2007 Honda Civic Ex
Second Goal = 50mpg
First goal = 40mpg Goal Achieved 3 tank average over 40mpg
Starting point 30mpg ready...... GO.
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07-16-2008, 01:48 PM
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Dartmouth 2010
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Hanover, NH
Posts: 3,773
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Best mpg without: 55, with: *shrug* Don't use it much
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07-16-2008, 02:31 PM
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Master EcoModder
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Texas
Posts: 283
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Best tank average: 66.6 mpg with eoc
Best single trip: 79.2 mpg with eoc
without eoc: I have no idea. 
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- - - - -Best 8-mile commute: 74.8 mpg
- - - - -Best tank: 66.6 mpg / 730 miles
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07-16-2008, 03:45 PM
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Captain Slow
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 6,019
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You've seen this, right?
Coasting experiment: engine off VS. engine idling
Results ...
- Lap 1: engine OFF while coasting - 60.3 mpg (US) ... 3.9 L/100 km ... 72.4 mpg (Imperial); elapsed time 17:57
- Lap 2: engine idling while coasting - 53.4 mpg (US) ... 4.4 L/100 km ... 64.1 mpg (Imperial); elapsed time 17:44
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07-16-2008, 04:56 PM
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EcoModding Minded
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Monticello, MN
Posts: 583
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Toyota Tacoma truck, W59 transmission, modifications (none)
Best EOC 34mpg
Best NON EOC 30mpg
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07-16-2008, 06:45 PM
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Legend in my own mind
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Sunrise, Fl.
Posts: 610
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2004 Vibe Automatic
Best tank without EOC - 44mpg
Best tank with EOC - 49mpg
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Thx NoCO2; "The biggest FE mod you can make is to adjust the nut behind the wheel"
I am a precisional instrument of speed and aeromatics
If your knees bent in the opposite direction......what would a chair look like???
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07-16-2008, 06:52 PM
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Ecoformance Engineer
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Arizona
Posts: 232
EJ7 - '96 civic Hx 90 day: 50.49 mpg (US)
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can I ask why some of you guys don't use EOC?
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70 mpg or die modding
www.full-race.com
Quote:
Originally Posted by MetroMPG
looking forward to seeing what kind of uber-sipper slinks out of the full race skunkworks.
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07-16-2008, 07:26 PM
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Mr. Blue Tape
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Fresno, CA
Posts: 332
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I don't use EOC because my Scion xA automatic can't be flat towed and the manual says don't go neutral with all 4 on the road.
2006 Scion xA 1.5L
automatic
best tank = 43mpg (no EOC)
modifications: upper grille block, fog lights blocked, antenna removed, no A/C used, windows up (HOT!!!!), tires @ 40psi
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My 5 pillars of fuel efficiency:- driving style
- aerodynamics
- tires
- weight reduction
- engine maintenance
Last edited by azraelswrd; 08-15-2008 at 02:52 AM.
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07-16-2008, 07:57 PM
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Master EcoModder
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Maynard, MA
Posts: 593
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Hello,
Engine off coasting is quite different from coasting in neutral with the engine idling.
I don't EOC because the one time I tried it (going extremely slowly in line at a toll booth, I dang near had to put my foot through the floor to stop before hitting the car ahead of me -- the handbrake worked MUCH better! And steering w/o the vacuum assist is no picnic either.
Before you jump to conclusions, I'm 6'-4", 245 pounds and I can carry both my kids at the same time (~190 pounds together!). I've driven several older cars that did not have this problem (1968 AMC Rebel (had manual steering and brakes), 1970 Volvo 144 (manual steering and power assist brakes), 1987 VW Golf (manual steering and power assist brakes), 1997 Plymouth Neon (power steering and power brakes), and most recently before the Scion xA, I drove a 2002 Ford Focus ZX5 (power steering and power brakes). If my memory serves me, all of these cars were much easier to drive with the engine off.
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07-16-2008, 08:56 PM
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Mr. Blue Tape
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Fresno, CA
Posts: 332
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Oops, yeah I meant I can't turn off and go neutral w/ 4 wheels on the road. I can shift into neutral while idling but I really haven't done it enough so I'm pretty much a coasting in gear when I can.
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My 5 pillars of fuel efficiency:- driving style
- aerodynamics
- tires
- weight reduction
- engine maintenance
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07-16-2008, 10:09 PM
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Fear the Mullet!
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Ashtabula, Ohio
Posts: 1,006
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I don't EOC because I must have total control of everything at all times...........
Muhahahahahhaaa!
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07-17-2008, 02:02 AM
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Box Dreamer
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Pittsburg, CA
Posts: 154
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Same to u
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07-17-2008, 03:22 AM
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Boxy is Sexy
Join Date: May 2008
Location: WV
Posts: 120
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'05 xB Automatic:
With EOC = 40.56 mpg
Without EOC = 39.52 mpg
There are so many other factors to this but one place I use EOC is almost 2 miles and otherwise I'd be riding the brakes completely wasting gas.
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07-19-2008, 12:56 AM
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EcoModding Apprentice
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: southern, wv
Posts: 134
yoder - '98 tacoma 4x4 90 day: 27.51 mpg (US) Ruby - '07 Camry SE 90 day: 30 mpg (US)
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i gained 3-5 mpg eocing, but my drive robs alot. i can coast aboutu 3 miles on two seperate occasions. before i get under the limit.
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trying hard, commuter/ toy.
not trying one bit. mainly around town.
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07-19-2008, 09:21 AM
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Boxhead
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Fredonia, NY
Posts: 275
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I EOC some on my commute. My last tank (I filled up yesterday) is my best one yet, at 35.4mpg!
Outside of my commute (which uses backroads that cut through vineyards, so there's literally zero traffic to contend with), I almost never EOC, as I prefer to do it where I'm comfortable.
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07-19-2008, 10:52 AM
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VIVA LA MPG RESISTANCE
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Brownsville, Tn
Posts: 321
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1997 Geo Metro 1.0L 5sp. best 52.29. I don't really use EOC. I may as I get into this more, but I am pretty new at this game.
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08-15-2008, 02:44 AM
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EcoModding Lurker
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Texas
Posts: 2
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2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo. 4.0L I6; 4sp Auto w/ overdrive. Stock.
19 mpg without EOC
24.4 mpg with EOC (so far... relying on my instrumentation for the numbers on this tank so far.)
When I drove the 19mpg tank, I drove as conservatively as I could.
With the 24.4 mpg tank, all I'm really doing is EOC P&G.
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