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brucepick · 04-14-2014, 05:12 PM

You guys did great, all those wins!
And I love the Centurion.
The Aerostang is really impressive, basically equaling Prius mpg in a car that, well, it's a Mustang!

Driving the green '96 Accord with 2.2 liter I-4, I calculated my mpg at 53.69 for the track event. I have no idea if the GGP will come up with the same score or not. Not bad for that size/weight car, but not good enough to win agains the likes of mloveland78's awsome Civic VX, running in the same class.

We had a blast driving the course though. It didn't take too many laps to work out the Accord's ideal speed to hit Turn 1, right after the grandstands. 43-44 mph! 41 was OK too. Entering at 43-44 achieved a max speed at the bottom of that hill of just over 50, which enabled efficient use of 5th gear on the upgrade.

We had decided early on to strive for ideal lap times at the track, to see if we could score well in the TSD rally portion of the morning track event. No word on those times from Bob Gillespie yet... I will ask him.

04-14-2014, 05:12 PM	#70 (permalink)
brucepick OCD Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern CT, USA Posts: 1,936 Outasight - '00 Honda Insight Team Honda Gen-1 Insights 90 day: 54.18 mpg (US) Thanks: 431 Thanked 396 Times in 264 Posts	You guys did great, all those wins! And I love the Centurion. The Aerostang is really impressive, basically equaling Prius mpg in a car that, well, it's a Mustang! Driving the green '96 Accord with 2.2 liter I-4, I calculated my mpg at 53.69 for the track event. I have no idea if the GGP will come up with the same score or not. Not bad for that size/weight car, but not good enough to win agains the likes of mloveland78's awsome Civic VX, running in the same class. We had a blast driving the course though. It didn't take too many laps to work out the Accord's ideal speed to hit Turn 1, right after the grandstands. 43-44 mph! 41 was OK too. Entering at 43-44 achieved a max speed at the bottom of that hill of just over 50, which enabled efficient use of 5th gear on the upgrade. We had decided early on to strive for ideal lap times at the track, to see if we could score well in the TSD rally portion of the morning track event. No word on those times from Bob Gillespie yet... I will ask him. __________________ Coast long and prosper. Driving '00 Honda Insight, acquired Feb 2016.