Fuel milage...
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ORIGINAL: pimptrooper3000
yea... mine has 146k and i need to change the timing belt. did u do u'res alone or u had it done... if u did it alone was it really hard? my dv seems to work fine and my t-stat works fine...
yea... mine has 146k and i need to change the timing belt. did u do u'res alone or u had it done... if u did it alone was it really hard? my dv seems to work fine and my t-stat works fine...
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I was paying more attention to my rpm's today and found I usually shift in the mid 3k's. In a 55mph zone I do just over 60 and in the 65mph zone I do about 73. My minimum cruising rmp is usually about 2800 (when doing just over 60) and 3300 (when doing just over 70). Don't know how you could keep your car at 2500 and under all the time, that has to be awfully low on the power band. Peak of the power band is where you want to spend most of your time, too low or too high and you will waste fuel, so just driving slow wont help you.
And in case you didn't catch it earlier, it's a manual transmission and I don't have any mods other than a K&N filter (and the new DV)
And in case you didn't catch it earlier, it's a manual transmission and I don't have any mods other than a K&N filter (and the new DV)
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RE: Fuel milage...
ORIGINAL: 99A4NOW
I was paying more attention to my rpm's today and found I usually shift in the mid 3k's. In a 55mph zone I do just over 60 and in the 65mph zone I do about 73. My minimum cruising rmp is usually about 2800 (when doing just over 60) and 3300 (when doing just over 70). Don't know how you could keep your car at 2500 and under all the time, that has to be awfully low on the power band. Peak of the power band is where you want to spend most of your time, too low or too high and you will waste fuel, so just driving slow wont help you.
And in case you didn't catch it earlier, it's a manual transmission and I don't have any mods other than a K&N filter (and the new DV)
I was paying more attention to my rpm's today and found I usually shift in the mid 3k's. In a 55mph zone I do just over 60 and in the 65mph zone I do about 73. My minimum cruising rmp is usually about 2800 (when doing just over 60) and 3300 (when doing just over 70). Don't know how you could keep your car at 2500 and under all the time, that has to be awfully low on the power band. Peak of the power band is where you want to spend most of your time, too low or too high and you will waste fuel, so just driving slow wont help you.
And in case you didn't catch it earlier, it's a manual transmission and I don't have any mods other than a K&N filter (and the new DV)
