Tank for the record books: 1,435 mi/41.0 mpg

[Diesel_Dave]

Originally Posted by JethroBodine

Oooooo. Bar has gotten higher. What do you think you could do simulating their conditions Dave? Got three or four days of vacation time to burn?

If I did, I'd spend it building my belly pan and aero cap

I've actually considered making the 1,627 mi tank my new stretch goal. Originally >40 mpg was my stretch goal. 1,627 would require 46.5 mpg (35 gal). That's a 13.3% improvement over the 1,435 mi tank.

I think it's possible for a couple reasons.
*First, my overhead average for this last tank was better during the second half than the first half (42.6 for the 1st half. 45.3 for the 2nd half). So, if I could do second half mileage for a whole tank, that would be a 3.1% improvement over the whole tank.
*I still have to switch my tranny fluid over to synthetic, and add a tranny pad heater. Together, I think ~2-3% improvement is reasonable for that.
*Third, I suspect a belly pan and aerocap should be able to buy me ~4-5% improvement each.

So all thogether, I think 13% improvement from where I am is possible. Now I just have to do it

P.S. I'm also loosing some miles on the odometer by using the ignition as my kill switch. If I get a kill switch in place I think I should also be able to gain 3-5%

[big shafe]

Wow that's amazing. You need to make a training video so I can watch and study it. Congrats.

[Diesel_Dave]

Update: I slightly bested myself with a 1,457.3 mile tank (41.64 mpg). This tank had some actual work in it (hauling around mulch and landscaping stuff) and quite a bit more non-commuting miles than normal (which typically hurts me), but I think the warmer temps offset that--we had a string of high 90 degree days and then a string of 100+ deg days.

[JethroBodine]

More miles is more miles, no mater how you slice it.