Well, its not all that far fetched ... I drove 168kms from Niagara Fall N.Y back to my house in Toronto Canada, and I kept staying behind big S.U.V's, minivans and Trailer trucks. Total consumption of gas for that trip was 6.6liters ... thats 25.45km\liter or almost 60mpg. Mind you this was on my '92 Civic Si Hatchback (1.6 VTEC) with 282000kms.
Keep in mind I've only been able to average 11.5km\liter for the last 30000kms, so yea, I had to check at the odometer, gas tank guage and receipt 3 times to be sure I'm not seeing things. :-) I cruised on an average of 110~120km\hr, and kept the acceleration and deceleration to a minimum, but when it was time to get moving, I slowly eased into the throttle. If anyone knew me, they'd know that this is NOT my normal driving habits, but oh man, the results was just mind boggling. :-) I'll be trying to duplicate this test again in the next few weeks, but it sure would be amazing if I can come close to it. :D Only mods on the car is an intake and cat-back ... yet to install the header and hi-flow cat, but I really doubt it''ll affect my mileage. It DOES burn a quart of oil every 1500~2000kms though. ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: April 28, 2008 8:09 PM To: 'Robert McElwee' Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: LPC How much MPG improvement is possible How will you get 70-80MPG? ________________________________ From: Robert McElwee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 6:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: LPC How much MPG improvement is possible Sorry, but if gas hits $10/gal you probably won't be driving the Miata. Spending $3000 to mod your Miata to get 40MPG isn't a very good game plan. I mentioned something about an upcoming project in the "how much is this turbo car worth" thread. My project, if it ever gets off the ground, will be a 70-80 MPG car. I guess the cat is out of the bag now... BTW, doubling my 20 MPG to 40 MPG would save me around $400 a year (fuel - additional taxes, insurance, etc). This is if I purchased an economy beater and kept the other cars I have. High MPG doesn't give you a huge cost savings unless gas prices really go up. My boss bought some oil stocks as his hedge against high gas prices. The rational is anything extra he spends at the pump is offset by return on investment. Sounds like an OK idea to me. On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Not talking about putting in a diesel engine like Les Marsh did, but with my wife's 1.6/auto would a link computer, cam change, or other mods get me significantly above 26mpg? Anyone have knowledge and experience with this? With $7 - $10 gas predicted, need choices. thx _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower -- Robert McElwee and Red Beast 1991 T25 Turbo @ 15 PSI Link ECU, FM IC, 9:1 pistons Over 400 lbs of "added lightness" www.lightweightmiata.com Lightweight Miata Forum: www.lightweightmiata.com/forum The Miata Trailer Project: www.lightweightmiata.com/trailer
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