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Originally Posted by Cxserver
Back again. In my fun car .200 hp B18c civic. I drove harder with 8500 rpm shifts merging on highway and got a new best of 38.28 us mpg. I did harder bursts with more coasting in neutral to make up for the merging 8500 rpm shifts.
When I baby it with coasting in neutral . I get 27 mpg.
Any one explain this?
Either way I'm happy.
I still never got a answer if the mpguino works with a non stock car.
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You've discovered by accident the key to efficient driving. I should clarify, as Ecomodded said, that 8500rpm will not benefit your FE at all. What will benefit your FE is that the ICE is most efficient at almost full throttle (ALMOST
). In practical terms you are spending less time accelerating and more time coasting, carrying more momentum as you do. On the other hand when you baby it you spend more time accelerating in a relatively less efficient engine mode.
Hope to see more improvements in the future!