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Prius sets new cannonball run record.
A few weeks ago i attended the 50th anniversary cannonball run reunion in Long Island NY. Afterwards i set out on my second attempt to break the solo nonstop record. The previous record was 35:03. The new record is now 33:45. The story was made public this morning. Enjoy
https://youtu.be/WybRBEWJmRc
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10-20-2022, 05:53 PM
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10-20-2022, 05:57 PM
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That’s average speed of 84 over 2800 miles. To obtain that average one must often drive at much higher speeds. 100-105 was the norm when and where possible.
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10-20-2022, 06:09 PM
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That’s average speed of 84 over 2800 miles. To obtain that average one must often drive at much higher speeds. 100-105 was the norm when and where possible.
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I was getting about 43mpg average driving at 90mph cruise control set from Boise to salt lake. That’s almost a 400 mile trip. Same mpg driving in Texas and New Mexico at about 89/90mph cruise control |
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Congrats! That is a huge bucket list experience for me. I'm very jealous.
I was hoping they do another of the sub 100hp runs like they did last year. I believe they called it the Musketball Rally.
Would love taking my Metro to that event.
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A few weeks ago i attended the 50th anniversary cannonball run reunion in Long Island NY. Afterwards i set out on my second attempt to break the solo nonstop record. The previous record was 35:03. The new record is now 33:45. The story was made public this morning. Enjoy
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HI,
Definitely a cool accomplishment! Wow...
I'll check out the video when I get a chance.
Just curious but what mods did you do to the car to make the run ?
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10-22-2022, 01:12 AM
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I'll check out the video when I get a chance.
Just curious but what mods did you do to the car to make the run ?
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His gas mileage dropped to under 20 mpg when he was over 100 mph.
He could use a few aero mods. Wouldn't take much to see benefits in mpg at 100 mph.
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The real trick was crowd-sourcing the situational awareness, but yeah.
Delete the drivetrain swap; add a boat tail.
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