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Old 09-05-2013, 05:49 PM   #71 (permalink)
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improbable CRX figure

7 horsepower to go 55 mph.
typical internal combustion engine numbers 1/2 gallon per hour per HONEST horsepower
7 HP then equates to 3.5 pounds of fuel per hour Or .583 gallons per hour at 55
55 miles / .583 gallons = 94.3396 miles per gallon

Horsepower ranges mostly below the 1 HP per .5 gallon range, and very slightly above it........ There is a lot of lying done about horsepower and about fuel consumption per horsepower. If it varies much from that number for an internal combustion gas engine, someone's not telling the truth. Dynomometers are infamous for producing bogus numbers.

Anybody ever get 94 MPG from their CRX except momentarily on the scangage........ strongly doubt it!

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