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Old 09-01-2011, 08:12 AM   #17 (permalink)
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The Mistress - '88 Bmw 320i Touring SE
Team m8
Last 3: 27.17 mpg (US)

Germany Beadle - '91 Mercedes 300td (estate, N/A)
90 day: 24.63 mpg (US)

The Bloodylingo - '05 Citroen Berlingo Multispace Desire
90 day: 39.77 mpg (US)

Shanner Scaab - '03 Saab 9-5 estate Vector
90 day: 26.19 mpg (US)

Clio 182 - '05 Renault Clio RS 182 182
90 day: 31.73 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by d0sitmatr View Post
on several of my older cars, it was possible to do something to the throttle cable so that you could limit the throttle input itself.
but they were all pre '90's so no OBD on them.

on my ranger, it was possible to tweak the ECU into doing just about the same thing (it was an auto) where in the shifting of gears you could set it to not surpass 3k rpm. but you could allow the final drive or overdrive to use the full range of RPM.
I never did it because aftermarket tuner and the chip tuning itself was beyond my immediate financial means.

Unfortunately, the car has fly by wire throttle.

Its a manual too,s o its got the right gearbox for hypermiling
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