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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
Old V8s were lucky to ever crack 20 mpg. But let's be charitable and use 20.
Let's also be charitable ('tis the season) and say we'll save 60%, or use 40% of the 20:
20 / .4 = 50 mpg
That's a long way from 80-120 mpg. In fact it's an exponentially long way.
There must be an error in my analysis. 
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Extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence.
Those 100mpg V8 carburetor engine guys were always big on claims, short on proof.
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