S2000 in the INdy 500. Hypothetical
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.
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.
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.
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.

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
Originally Posted by jedwards,Jun 22 2007, 04:44 PM
11.5 gal means 29 mpg. Shite.
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
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.





