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suspectnumber961 · 03-25-2011, 07:39 AM

I only report what I find...since I would hope others would too. What you do with the info....??

Interesting thing is that the tailpipe on this car is perfectly clean...other than some rust inside...no carbon...no deposits....run a finger over the inside and pickup nothing....yet I see a 16% mpg gain. I'm making use of the fuel before the cat gets it??????

Currently only ~ 20% over EPA mixed...whereas previous vehicles...one carbed/one early EFI both had carboned tailpipes but run at 30-33% better than EPA mixed.

Running at stoich and with cats doesn't always = best mpg?

Same year Honda with similar displacement, weight, and HP is EPA rated maybe 8-10 mpg more highway.

03-25-2011, 07:39 AM	#9 (permalink)
suspectnumber961 EcoModding Alien Observer Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: I flitter here and there Posts: 547 highcountryexplorer - '86 Nissan 720 KC 4x4 ST with fiberglass cap 90 day: 21.78 mpg (US) Elroy - '03 Ford Focus ZX3 w/Zetec DOHC engine 90 day: 32.89 mpg (US) Thanks: 6 Thanked 78 Times in 65 Posts	I only report what I find...since I would hope others would too. What you do with the info....?? Interesting thing is that the tailpipe on this car is perfectly clean...other than some rust inside...no carbon...no deposits....run a finger over the inside and pickup nothing....yet I see a 16% mpg gain. I'm making use of the fuel before the cat gets it?????? Currently only ~ 20% over EPA mixed...whereas previous vehicles...one carbed/one early EFI both had carboned tailpipes but run at 30-33% better than EPA mixed. Running at stoich and with cats doesn't always = best mpg? Same year Honda with similar displacement, weight, and HP is EPA rated maybe 8-10 mpg more highway. __________________ *Carry on humans...we are extremely proud of you.* .................. Forty-six percent of Americans believe in the creationist view that God created humans in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years. GALLUP POLL Last edited by suspectnumber961; 03-25-2011 at 10:15 PM..