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Old 03-20-2020, 10:04 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Gilly, cool project. I hope you can link some photos as you go.

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I suspect if you can get your gearing tall enough, keep your speed down, and incorporate some driving techniques such as EoC, 25 could be realistic under the right conditions!
Yes. However, I find Engine Off Coasting to be less necessary in a diesel than in a gasoline engine and may actually harm the turbo in some conditions. I use E-On Coasting and show 300-400 mpg on the ScanGuage while coasting.
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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.
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