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: 24,597 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 |
Joe Owensby |
Sep 1 2008, 07:54 AM
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JoeO Group: Members Posts: 527 Joined: 7-January 06 From: Spartanburg, SC Member No.: 5,385 Region Association: South East States |
When my '73 1.7 was fairly new, it routinely got 40 corrrected mpg. Car was stock FI This type of mpg was for long trips on roads that were all fairly level interstate, driving at about a smooth 75 mph. This was in 1974 during the gas crunch. I used to routinely drive from west of Charlotte, NC to Philadelphia on one tank of gas, and still had 2 gallons in the tank upon arrival. I was working in Philly at the time, and this kind of milage was great during the gas crunch of 73/74when some areas closed the gas stations on Sundays. I could fill up in my hometown on Saturday in NC, cruise back up I 85 and I 95 on Sunday, and not have any of the traffic normally associated with the NE folks coming back home from the beaches, FLa, etc. For quite a while, I would have the stretch of I 95 almost to myself and a few police cars. Quite a difference from when the gas stations were open before the gas crunch, when that stretch of interstate was a nightmare with traffic. That was back when the average car maybe got around 12 mpg. It was also the time when gas prices jumped from about 25 cents/gal to almost a dollar. I recently rebuilt it with carbs, and only get about 28. Need to do some more tuning, but I plan to put in a modern FI system. JoeO
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