Congrats on getting hooked.
Driving for best economy is a very similar kind of fun as getting a drag time slip or lap time report: feedback for tweaking your technique & vehicle. (That's why you should really work out some kind of fuel consumption instrumentation for
instant feedback.)
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Originally Posted by wheel_of_steel
This is based on what seems to be quite a common dilemma:
-low load, righ rpm driving or;
-high load, low rpm driving?
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I don't think you'll find anyone here advocating for high RPM driving (not clear whether you're wondering about steady state cruising and/or acceleration).
For cruising, the lower the RPM, the better.
Even under high load acceleration, the best fuel consumption will be found at low/moderate RPM managed by short-shifting.
See the BSFC maps for illustration, if you haven't already:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...-got-1466.html