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Originally Posted by i_am_socket
Huh. So to get better BSFC efficiency on the same vehicle with reduced drag, you'd have to ... drive faster?
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At the higher velocity,the road load would increase,and that WOULD push the engine closer to it's best BSFC,but the overall increase in fuel for the added load would provide you a net loss in mpg.Sovran recommends that gear-matching be used to wring-out every last drop of fuel,however as MetroMPG points out,you're going to see an overall improvement in mpg,just maybe not as much as if you had infinite gear ratios to throw at your car".Speed costs money."E.C.Burnett