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Old 07-23-2011, 10:13 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by graydonengineering View Post
With the roads around here I get much better mpg in the city so the proposed ratio would put me much further ahead of EPA than I am. The speeds are 45 in town and the lights are far appart. I anticipate, coast, key off and fight my way up to a 30-35mpg average. On the highway it's nothing but open thottle, no cheating and my mileage is closer to EPA. My FE falls off a cliff once I exceed 50 mph. I hope to change that with a full belly pan.
that is where Im at as well.
I am pushing 30mpg, but that is almost all strictly city driving. once I hit the hwy, my FE actually goes down... and nothing Ive been able to do so far has really made much of a difference.
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