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gas mileage 200

posted by  zrubin on  Sun Apr 24 06:56 CST 2005
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Your answer oversimplifies - you want the engine to operate at its point of lowest bsfc (brake specific fuel consumption), which as you say generally occurs at wide open throttle (to eliminate losses from throttling), but at somewhat low engine speeds. In other words, while you want to get up to speed at wide open throttle for best efficiency, you also need to shift at low engine speeds rather than revving the engine up in each gear. European taxi drivers with stick shifts drive like that (pedal to the floor and short shifting).

Zack
1980 245DL M46 275k
1985 744TD M46 251k
1988 745T+ M46 203k






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