Ancient History

[Mark Pitts]

Hey guys... I feel PROUD when I manage to thrash my car UNDER 20MPG... =
to achive less that 25 MPG requires new tires at the end of the run! Its =
a real shame only having 1.5 litres (but my body weight is so low I =
still get performance enough to scare me down the little lanes).

Mark


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From:  tom cloud[SMTP:cloud at peaches.ph.utexas.edu]
Sent:  Tuesday, September 10, 1996 2:23 PM
To:  diy_efi at coulomb.eng.ohio-state.edu
Subject:  Re: Ancient History

>> Do these numbers really bother anyone?  12mpg highway for a 455? I =
mean,
>> I've read about 46-48mpg from a turbo v-6; 28-30mpg from 5.7L z/28's,
>> and 31mpg from 5.0L mustangs.  While I don't believe any of them;=20
>
>[snip]
>
>You better believe it: when driving from Dallas to memphis, speed range =
70 mph
>to 95 mph, I got 27.5 mpg. Most of the tankful was driving at 80mph. A =
friend=20
>in a '95 Trans Am that made the trip with me had a best of 28.5 (his =
engine was
>more broken in, mine was fresh at 2k miles).=20
>

When I asked this question, I was not impugning anyone's honor -- hope
it wasn't taken that way.  I just want the formula!  (The best story I
have is averaging ~80 MPH from CT to TX and averaging 24 mpg in '88
towncar =3D=3D> 302 with 3800 pounds.  But that was not normal.)

Tom