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Old Jun 22, 2007 | 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Jun 22 2007, 03:44 PM
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Extrapolate that line out to 150.
I get exactly 13.6 mpg.



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Old Jun 22, 2007 | 03:16 PM
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For a (mere?) 17% increase in speed we find a (staggering?) 38% in drag. Staggering is a subjective term and an admittedly poor term for an engineer to use. But it's a lot for a little.
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Old Jun 22, 2007 | 03:31 PM
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The most miles I've driven on a single tank of gas in my S2K was 336 miles. All those miles were south bound on I-5 in Northern California traveling at 90+ miles per hour... with a long stretch of 140+ mph cruising.

Oddly enough, the tank of fuel in which I traveled at the highest average rate of speed yielded me the highest average MPG.

BTW: Hardtop was on the car.
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Old Jun 22, 2007 | 03:38 PM
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In the range of 26 mpg. Wow!
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Old Jun 22, 2007 | 03:39 PM
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(That's assuming using 13 gal.)

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Old Jun 22, 2007 | 03:42 PM
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Approximately 11.5 gallons is the most I've ever pumped into the tank. I've never ran out of fuel.
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Old Jun 22, 2007 | 03:44 PM
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11.5 gal means 29 mpg. Shite.

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Old Jun 22, 2007 | 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Jun 22 2007, 03:22 PM
Trying to explain to a judge why I was going 145-150 for an extended period of time might be hard.

Or, worse...having a cop have to explain it to my parents while they scrape me off the pavement. Public roads = fail.
I don't think there are too many cops out there, or even airplane-mounted cops and more likely than scraping, they'd be picking you out of the trees
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Old Jun 22, 2007 | 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by jedwards,Jun 22 2007, 04:44 PM
11.5 gal means 29 mpg. Shite.

I get in the 36-38mpg range fairly normally on trips down to portland in my civic I'm curious if my car with a k20a2 or k20a would maintain similar gas mileage or if it would slip down into S2000 ranges
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Old Jun 22, 2007 | 03:54 PM
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I have an iMPG feature on the computer I installed in my truck. I've found cruising out on the freeway it's pretty easy maintain 22 iMPG to 30+ iMPG (the computer peaks at 30 iMPG) while traveling 70 mph - 85 mph. What brings the average MPG back down is accelerating and trying to maintain those speeds climbing hills. The iMPG drops to 2 - 4 iMPG during acceleration... unless you go very easy on the throttle. But even then it will drop to 6 - 9 iMPG.
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