Thread: MPG calculators
View Single Post
Old 06-30-2011, 05:29 PM   #9 (permalink)
gone-ot
...beats walking...
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: .
Posts: 6,190
Thanks: 179
Thanked 1,525 Times in 1,126 Posts
...in different post, he stated the weight would be closer to 2400 lbs.

...and, transmission GEARING and AXLE make a huge differential; geared one way, the engine could make almost full HP at highway speeds but get lousey milage; geared differently, it could just barely exceed the HP needed at highway speed and get great milage, but couldn't pull a sick Grandma off her rocking chair if she was dead.
  Reply With Quote