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Old 10-08-2012, 07:53 AM   #504 (permalink)
jime57
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Originally Posted by 3-Wheeler View Post
I accelerate from about 15 to 30 mph in second gear, then allow the revs to drop for several seconds, then hit the FAS button on the shifter.
Can you convey some sense of what loads you are using during the acceleration phase? Light, moderate, rather heavy? Do you have a load indicator? I can't remember what you have said about loads, if anything.

BSFC charts for "conventional" cars usually indicate the most "efficient" torque, in terms of fuel used, at rather high loads. I haven't done enough experimental work to know that the therory works out on an insight where one could accelerate at very light loads in 3rd and still have lean burn.
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