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Old 09-25-2011, 01:09 PM   #125 (permalink)
Vekke
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Location: Kitee (Finland)
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Siitin - '98 Seat Cordoba Vario
90 day: 58.56 mpg (US)

VW Lupo 3L --> 2L - '00 VolksWagen Lupo 3L
Diesel
90 day: 104.94 mpg (US)

A8 luxury fuel sipper - '97 Audi A8 1.2 TDI 6 speed manual
90 day: 64.64 mpg (US)

Audi A4B6 Avant Niistäjä - '02 Audi A4b6 1.9tdi 96kW 3L
90 day: 54.57 mpg (US)

Tourekki - '04 VW Touareg 2.5TDI R5 6 speed manual
90 day: 32.98 mpg (US)

A2 1.4TDI - '03 Audi A2 1.4 TDI
90 day: 45.68 mpg (US)

A2 1.4 LPG - '02 Audi A2 1.4 (75hp)
90 day: 24.67 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by lowglider View Post
Vekke I have to say that your Lupo looks awesome.
Have those rear wheel add-ons been mpg tested yet or were they made just for the show?
Rear wheel shirts are a keep parts. Hubcaps are for the show, but I have similar polykabonate ones that have been on before the show...

No MPG figures from the skirts. I will test the cars current fuel consumtion next week.

I also received sponsor set of Nokian Hakkapeliitta R 175/70R14. I will test those also next week. I will do a rolling resistance test without rear wheel skirts, bacause those are 15mm wider per side so the current skirts wont fit. Those will be better on Rolling resistance than the B381 ecopias,but more importantly I want to see the effect on aero as well.

So the test will be a coastdown test from 140 km/h to 0. I will measure the distance diffence but also the times which it will take to 140-65 (aero) and 65-0 (Rolling resistance). I will appreciate more aero but those are also 3% taller so I have to test them also while driving to see which is actually better...
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