Datsun Dreaming
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You're saturn explination works wonders when people are running stock tire sizes, but in most cases no one is. Going to a 4.36 can net you improved gas milage.
Comparing the amount of gas used between my car (4.08 & 255-0-17) and epsteins car (4.36 & 245-40-17) in july on our 2000+ mile deals gap trip we always put the same amount of gas in out cars. I checked how much gas all our cars where using at the time and we used up about the same amount every time.
Comparing the amount of gas used between my car (4.08 & 255-0-17) and epsteins car (4.36 & 245-40-17) in july on our 2000+ mile deals gap trip we always put the same amount of gas in out cars. I checked how much gas all our cars where using at the time and we used up about the same amount every time.
The saturn explanation is independent of tire size. You're not understanding BSFC.
Comparing one car to another does not make sense. More than likely, the two cars do not have identical tuning/modifications/driving.
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Awesome post. I've always wanted to graph the relationship between speed and MPG so I know how fast I can go on the highway before the MPG takes a huge dive due to wind resistance and stuff.
My pre-calc professor once put up such a graph of a Ford taurus's MPG to show how it's a parabola (-X^2) with MPG as the depended variable (Y-axis) and speed the independent (X-axis), and everyone was literally falling asleep...
Suppose I'm in the minority here cause I love this stuff, and I regret not going on to Calc I.
My pre-calc professor once put up such a graph of a Ford taurus's MPG to show how it's a parabola (-X^2) with MPG as the depended variable (Y-axis) and speed the independent (X-axis), and everyone was literally falling asleep...
Suppose I'm in the minority here cause I love this stuff, and I regret not going on to Calc I.
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I might not end up selling them. Depending on what happens when I switch to speherical uprights I might just keep them a while longer. Either way it seems that I'm going to run them untill this summer. If I do sell them you'll be the first to know.
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My car and chris's car where pretty much the same mechanically. I had an exhuast 3" exhaust with the silencer in it so it that negated any real performance gain.Sweet picture though.
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damn. i have cash in hand...
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