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Originally Posted by MazdaMatt
No, I don't htink so. Correct me if i'm wrong as I am new here, but i believe that in P&G, the time taken the accelerate should be the same as the time taken to coast. A hard accel is just a huge fuel dump with little efficiency.
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I understand this, but I thought a big part of the FE gain in P&G was the fact that the motor is running at its peak efficiency, with regard to power generated vs. fuel consumed, at a 2/3 to 3/4 throttle opening (pulse mode).
Slow accel and decel never operates the motor in its peak power/fuel efficiency range.
Having said all this, I do indeed accel and decel gradually and I know I get better mileage for it. I guess my main question is, how is it that P&G can be so FE effective since it goes so contrary to slow accel/decel ?
Put another way, why wouldn't it be best of all to use a 'slow accel then glide' since slow accel is better than hard accel?