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Old 10-28-2011, 12:29 PM   #4 (permalink)
some_other_dave
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Can you swap the gearing? The Corvettes get stupidly-high MPG on the freeway (for a car with a big V8) because they're just barely off idle at freeway speeds, something like 1400 RPM at 60 MPH. And with the massive torque they have, the low revs don't really hurt much.

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