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Old 10-29-2012, 01:07 PM   #267 (permalink)
oil pan 4
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Originally Posted by Hal View Post
A better way to spend your time and energy would be to develop ways to.... reduce its weight.
Dont spend too much time and money on weight reduction beyond simple deletes.
On a large vehicle like my suburban on paper, driving at 65mph a 100lb change should effect fuel economy by 0.1mpg.
In the real world, hauling loads and logging fuel milage shows that as little as 400 to 500lb can effect fuel economy by 1 full MPG.
A smaller vehicle would be more effected by weight, but not that much more to where you should lay out $100s for light weight seats and carbon fiber hood/trunk lids.
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