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Originally Posted by Big Dave
I wonder, is this guy simply getting 30 MPG as a "snapshot" from a scangauge or is this hand-calculated over a genera duty circuit where he limits his top speed to 70 MPH?
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He's a techie kind of guy if you read his engine build. Being involved in tuning, and installing higher flow-rate injectors, I think he is pretty aware that he can't trust a generic display like scangauge without calibration.
My gut feeling: the number was hand calculated from some freeway driving meant to run-in the engine. And he probably varies his speed and is giving a rough average of 70mph.
I write for the same magazine - and I wrote an article on the "upcoming" 4.5 Dmax in the last issue. Sad to see it axed temporarily - some good engineering in it and I think 30mpg would be easy.