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Originally Posted by California98Civic
I'm glad you found a solution to the turbo problem. It does not sound like you need to do 100km/hr from what you wrote. In 5th gear and 1800 RPMs how fast would be be going? At 2000 rpms? Your FE would be higher than at 100km/hr, surely, which is good for your 90 mpg goals, no?  |
You're trying to get me to raise my goals, aren't you?
Maintaining a slower speed will certainly give me an advantage. 100 km/h, for me it's rather a psychological limit to not get in the way of big trucks ...
Ratios in 5th gear:
2000 rpm = 105 km/h (66 mph)
1900 rpm = 100 km/h
1800 rpm = 95 km/h
1700 rpm = 90 km/h (56 mph)
1600 rpm = 85 km/h
1500 rpm = 80 km/h (50 mph)
From my experience I know that the green zone is the engine's "sweet spot". Higher and consumption increases exponentially. Lower, the load on the engine becomes too great.
If I take into account that the minimum engine speed is 1800 rpm for the regeneration cycle, 95 km/h of 59 mph should be better of course. It's not a huge difference with the speed I'm maintaining now.
BUT if I can stay behind a lorry - they're limited between 52 and 59 MPH in Europe - that will increase my MPG even further.