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Old 03-21-2013, 09:18 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by 101Volts View Post
I was speaking from my experience, I did manage some decent FE by keeping low but perhaps it can be improved yet. I haven't tried using the engine at its most efficient load (Though I exceeded it,) Thanks.

Austin
In my experience older autos seems to do better if you apply enough throttle for brisk acceleration then let off at the appropriate speed to lock up the converter then keeping a steady throttle to keep the converter locked. So what you say is correct.
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