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Old 12-18-2009, 06:04 PM   #378 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
EDIT: however, and this is really important, we can't forget the Insight doesn't share the Metro's ICE technology. Any aero improvements to the Insight widen the lean burn window. So an Insight may not need as much of a Cd improvement to equal the Metro's 15% fuel economy improvement.

Mike may be able to speak to this since his car is now lean burn equipped.
The aeromods have enabled me to operate in lean burn to much higher speeds than a stock VX which, from what I've heard, drops out of lean burn at speeds above 65mph. So far, I've run in lean burn on a level highway at speeds up to 91mph. Based on the injector pulsewidth needed to maintain that speed, I should be able to to reach close to 100 mph before dropping out of lean burn.
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