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Old 11-06-2008, 11:41 AM   #9 (permalink)
trebuchet03
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Originally Posted by tasdrouille View Post
Most cars get their best fuel economy in top gear in the 35-45 mph range (From an SAE paper I read). There usually is a significant efficiency penalty at low throttle and rpm.
So I'm trying to find more combinations with that FE or greater... I found this today


TPS: 8 (out of 75)
MPG: 50.0
MPH: 33
RPM: ~1695
Road: Asphalt

I wasn't using CC, and that was an instantaneous read (I'll have to retest under better conditions)... But, it makes me want to create an FE map -> throttle v. mpg v. speed
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