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Originally Posted by BamZipPow
How to git to 40mpg? Not exactly sure but I'm gonna keep plugging away and trying out various options. No engine or transmission mods on the horizon...just trying different aerodynamic mods at the moment.  |
I've hit over 39.5 mpg 3-times,so it's not out of the realm of possibility.With a Diesel,turbo,direct-injection engine we'd be talking 51.35 mpg for these black swan events.44-mpg average.
That was at 55-60 mph,so speed may be a deciding factor.And mountain elevations/air density will also come into play.
19-mpg going to 40-mpg is a 2.1X mpg increase.It's off the charts if we're talking strictly aero,but that's also figuring a constant BSFC,and we don't have an engine map to help us predict how the engine will actually behave.
I suspect that the 3.0-L V-6 and existing gearing won't allow it.
The lowest LRR tires wouldn't hurt either.
(braggarts of the future:"mine's smaller than your's!")
