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Old 11-06-2014, 04:45 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dirtydave View Post
What if you have much higher RPM's? 2800 at 60MPH?
That's where I'm at. 2850 to be precise.

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P&G should help even more, the worse the gearing. In my Del Sol, in places where I could cruise at ~30mpg steady state, I could get 50+mpg with aggressive P&G because of the huge losses from screaming down the highway at 4000+rpm with low load.
Yep. P&G helps even more the worse your gearing is, and the more overpowered your engine is. Compared to the Metro, I have both - poor gearing and a big engine.
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