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Old 04-16-2012, 11:25 PM   #7 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Originally Posted by chrisoverson View Post
I attempted pulse and glide also for the first time on Saturday

3/4 throttle acceleration in 5th gear from 2000-3000 RPM (50mph - 70mph) then glide in neutral and repeat. Did that for about two hours solid on the motorway (uk highway) and got about 58.6mpg vs 48.4 official value which I feel isn't quite high enough considering how I was driving. I don't know if my way was the right way though...
When you say 3/4 throttle do you mean throttle position? Because I usually need only somewhere in the 20s% throttle ... the goal is "3/4" or more properly somewhere around 75% load (not the same as throttle). What instrumentation are you using?
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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