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Old 05-15-2010, 11:14 AM   #13 (permalink)
shiba
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Shiba's Tercel - '98 Toyota Tercel CE
90 day: 63.84 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by cfg83 View Post
Wonderboy -

I'm in *no* way an expert, but maybe the higher speed pushed you into your BSFC sweet spot. The higher speed cost you MPG, but the better BSFC spot was more fuel efficient, so it cancelled out and netted the same MPG.
NO WAY!! I had a feeling this may be the case in my car also (toyota tercel), but never wanted to post that, i just thought it was my mind playing tricks on me...or my MPGuino


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Originally Posted by Christ View Post
I can second that - a friend of mine got his best MPG on the highway (according to an SGII) in his 2-thousand-something CR-V at 62 MPH... intuitively, 55mph should have been better for him... but apparently, Honda did something "right" as far as making speeds efficient vs highway speed in that particular car.. (not model, just car.)

so, if i were to try and 'test' for this in my car, would i be looking for MPG at a certain MPH; or MPG at a certain RPM?

dont mean to thread-jack!!, its a very nice grill block!! i'm going to have to try and get around to a more permanent one like that, instead of the cardboard/duct tape one i fabed last weekend

~Shiba
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