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Old 10-14-2009, 10:45 PM   #89 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
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Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

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90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by jcp123 View Post
Yeah, good point, the magazine does have more resources than the rest of us for testing accurately...
Yup! That's the crux of it. They had access to a dyno... AND THEY BLEW IT!

Hey - maybe we should be passing the hat around to start the EcoModder Dynamometer Fund...

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17mpg (a 20% improvement in my normal 14mpg FE) was enough to tell me that leaning out my carb and backing my cruise speed down to 40mph was statistically a valid increase.
Good example of a "massive change" poking its head up above the normal noise of tank to tank variation. Unfortunately, most of the mods people are doing here are good for a couple percent individually at best, which makes them very hard to test for on the road.
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