MPG Contest, Who wants to play?? |
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MPG Contest, Who wants to play?? |
r_towle |
May 7 2008, 08:25 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,591 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States |
I started this on another site...not alot of joiners.
The idea is to test, tune, and tweek your car, and your driving style, to get the most MPG in a 914. This is a redo of a contest that the NY region did with 356's back in the day. These guys got 70mpg with one guy getting 100mpg. Alot of it is tuning, more if it is driving style. Here are the ground rules. We have several classes. 1.7, 1.8, 2.0, 2.0/6, and modified (all the rest of you), and vendors (special class) This is for 914's Using the honor system the goal is to win the mpg goal in your class. I am in 1.7 and aiming for 40mpg this first round out.. The contest will run from Memorial Day till Labor Day...this gives us all time to change things and tune things. This is meant to be fun with the 914magazine offering t-shirts as the prize...so its not meant to be for cheating. So, if you want to join, list the following. year, motor, tire size Use GPS or highway mileage markers to verify your odometer so we are all being fair. Rich |
SGB |
Jul 9 2008, 05:54 PM
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just visiting Group: Members Posts: 4,086 Joined: 8-March 03 From: Huntsville, AL Member No.: 404 Region Association: South East States |
On my trip from Huntsville to Charlotte I was getting something over 30 mpg at a constant 78 mph by GPS, 90 by speedo (roughly 31.5 mpg by my mental calcs after a few 10 gallon buys and knowing approx miles from H'ville to Atlanta, Atlanta to Charlotte, then to Knoxville and to Huntsville again). I'll try to locate my en-route mileage notes, correct for tire size, and publish the result. I expect the average to go down from stop/ go stuff in Charlotte, and the autocross too, but I still think a 30 mpg average will be achieved.
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