Thread: What RPM range do YOU get the best mileage at?
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Old 04-05-2020, 08:10 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
Get the stroke then online calculators can tell you the rpm range that 1000-1200 ft/mn piston speed is. ...
With my Honda Civic's 3.54 inch stroke, one of the online calculators suggests that my engine is in the ft/min range you talk about when the engine is turning 1700-2000 RPMs. Interestingly, as I pointed out in my earlier response in this thread, that's one of the ideal rev ranges that I use MUCH the time. Now I might begin to use it nearly ALL the time as an experiment.
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