I had a 1975 monte carlo with an LS6 454 engine. By using it's vacuum guage, it got the lowest vacuum at 65 mph. Run bellow that speed and you could see the gast guage move. Brent
>From: robert luis rabello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [biofuel] how much do you know >Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 18:57:15 -0700 > > > >John Mullan wrote: > > > A simple test would be to go down the highway at 40mph and take note of > > accelerator position. Now go 60mph. Not the accelerator position. >Hmmm. > > Faster = More Gas. More Gas = More Enery. > > > > Simple test, yes? > > > > A vacuum gauge can give you this information as well. I've learned >that the >best fuel economy in my 2.3 liter Ranger occurs at 60 - 65 km / hr in >fourth >gear. The engine pulls nearly 20 inches of vacuum at this speed. >Increasing >speed beyond 70 km / hr decreases vacuum substantially. > > I've improved my fuel economy by watching this gauge and keeping the >truck in >fourth gear when engine speed remains below 2 200 rpm. The difference has >actually lessened the cost of driving back and forth from work. If I drive >100 >km / hr the fuel economy falls off pretty quickly, and gets MUCH worse the >faster >I go. > > >robert luis rabello >"The Edge of Justice" >Adventure for Your Mind >http://www.1stbooks.com/bookview/9782 > > _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
