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Old 01-30-2010, 11:08 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
...excellent numbers.

...but it also reminded me of something I read many, many, many years ago about "how gas tanks" were "sized" -- basically (as I recall) it started with an assumed driving time of 8 hours at an "averge" speed of 50 mph, which produced a "range" of 400 miles per tank.

...thus, tanks were "sized" for the middle-sized engine to meet that goal of 400 mile range. Of course, with a smaller, thriftier engine, the range was better; but, likewise, when a bigger, thirstier engine was installed the range was usually far less.
Makes sense as just about every car I have owned prior to trying to stretch a gallon of gas I have figured on about 400 mile tanks

With some aero mods (airdam, kammi back, and mirror redux), and a MPGuino to farther refine my technique I think I can comfortably break 500 miles before the river breaks.
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