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Originally Posted by serialk11r
Nope, the only time going faster saves gas is around idle, where engine efficiency starts getting really poor. Efficiency increases kind of linearly (then falls) with load, but the torque required to go faster increases as a quadratic function of speed.
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I proved last weekend that a 4-Liter Ford Mustang can get better than 34 MPG just by limiting freeway speed to 65 MPH. Most (non ecomodder) people are incapable of such results.
