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Craig · 07-14-2011, 07:59 PM

Thanks for the props, always nice to hear from people who have followed my project!

As the title says, I got 71.05 mpg out of it today! Wow! I went 374.6 miles, and took 5.272 gallons of B5 ($20.45)...I was floored when I crunched the numbers in my calculator, had to run them a couple more times to be sure I was doing it correctly. I'm really excited about this figure, and now I'm hoping to repeat it on this tank. A lot of this has to do with careful driving technique, and that timing advance sure did help, too! I also swapped to steel wheels a couple weeks ago, since I want to make a set of smooth wheel covers in hopes of edging the mpg figure up a little more. The steel wheels are a bit heavier, but I think they help maintain the momentum of the car going up a grade on the highway, which is where I do most of my driving.

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Craig EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Wells, Maine Posts: 50 Thanks: 1 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts	71.05 mpg! Thanks for the props, always nice to hear from people who have followed my project! As the title says, I got 71.05 mpg out of it today! Wow! I went 374.6 miles, and took 5.272 gallons of B5 ($20.45)...I was floored when I crunched the numbers in my calculator, had to run them a couple more times to be sure I was doing it correctly. I'm really excited about this figure, and now I'm hoping to repeat it on this tank. A lot of this has to do with careful driving technique, and that timing advance sure did help, too! I also swapped to steel wheels a couple weeks ago, since I want to make a set of smooth wheel covers in hopes of edging the mpg figure up a little more. The steel wheels are a bit heavier, but I think they help maintain the momentum of the car going up a grade on the highway, which is where I do most of my driving.