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Old 03-06-2012, 02:22 PM   #129 (permalink)
beatr911
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B2300 - '96 Mazda B2300 SE

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Great numbers!
A couple of questions to get some perspective though:

1) What would you say are your average speeds for the 90mpg tank?

2) What is the engine speed at say 70 mph?

3) What is the hp produced at say 70 mph?

4) How did you verify the accuracy of your odometer?


90 mpg at normal California freeway speeds on California gasoline would be darn good. This homegrown recipe is putting another wrinkle in to the equation of how much time and effort to spend on an aerodynamic shell.

In your tune up, consider iridium plugs and opening up the gap .005" from stock to expose more mixture to the spark. Not dyno proven to me anyway, it seemed to help the lean mixture power on my bike.
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