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Old 09-07-2011, 11:16 PM   #11 (permalink)
arcosine
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sc1 - '98 saturn sc1
Team Saturn
90 day: 43.17 mpg (US)

Airplane Bike - '11 home built Carp line Tour

rans - '97 rans tailwind

tractor - '66 International Cub cadet 129

2002 Space Odyssey - '02 Honda Odyssey EX-L
90 day: 28.25 mpg (US)

red bug - '00 VW beetle TDI

big tractor - '66 ford 3400

red vw - '00 VW new beetle TDI
90 day: 58.42 mpg (US)

RV - '88 Winnebago LeSharo
90 day: 16.67 mpg (US)
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Id go with option 5, 2250 rpm at 70mph. My Saturn is at 2200 at 70 mph with a 1.9L engine sohc, 100 hp @ 5000 rpm, 114 ftlb @ 2,400 rpm. look at the map on the previous post, it takes 20 to 30 hp to cruse 70mph, which has best bsfc at low rpm.

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