Fuel Consumption/Car type
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Inkara1 said:
mines the 3.9 V6 and I drive mostly ,if not entirely hwy.Depends on your definition of hwy,to and from work 50=60mph 10pm going 630am return so no traffic to speak of, so I get all green lights .
Inkara1
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Until I can get the windshield fixed, I've been borrowing the parents' spare car, a 1989 Lincoln Continental. After coming home from covering a football game in Arroyo Grande, I found out that the car will pull the Cuesta Grade at 75 and, according to the trip computer (which actually still works), get nine miles to the gallon doing it. The Cuesta Grade is three miles of eight percent grade just north of San Luis Obispo, if anyone's wondering.
Altron
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Is there a problem with carbureters and hills?
The reason I ask is that the car seems to be considerably slower uphill. I mean, I understand how I'm converting my 1/2mv^2 into mgh, but it seems like I really need to push to get it uphill. The fuel injected mazda seemed to have an easier time. I mean, the Mazda did weigh half as much, but it also had less than half the displacement. The speed increase I get going downhill doesn't seem to be as significant as the speed decrease going uphill, although, it's only a very arbitrary and imprecise measurement.
And, when my friend saw that the 307 had a Q-jet and none of that "EFI" shit, he was like "Hills must be a bitch with that thing."
And, referring back to my shop manual, it does work with four barrels creating a vortex, which might not function as well at a weird angle (I figure that there's gotta be a reason why the carb's always on top. FI seems to work fine on the side, or the back, or the top, or the front, basically anywhere on the motor. Carb is always sitting right on top.)
The reason I ask is that the car seems to be considerably slower uphill. I mean, I understand how I'm converting my 1/2mv^2 into mgh, but it seems like I really need to push to get it uphill. The fuel injected mazda seemed to have an easier time. I mean, the Mazda did weigh half as much, but it also had less than half the displacement. The speed increase I get going downhill doesn't seem to be as significant as the speed decrease going uphill, although, it's only a very arbitrary and imprecise measurement.
And, when my friend saw that the 307 had a Q-jet and none of that "EFI" shit, he was like "Hills must be a bitch with that thing."
And, referring back to my shop manual, it does work with four barrels creating a vortex, which might not function as well at a weird angle (I figure that there's gotta be a reason why the carb's always on top. FI seems to work fine on the side, or the back, or the top, or the front, basically anywhere on the motor. Carb is always sitting right on top.)
Fuel injection uses computarized intake of fuel. So you press the gas pedal a bit and the computer computes how much gas is necessary to inject to give you the feel of certain accelearation.
On a carburated machine, there's no such thing, so if you want to go as fast on a hill as you do on a flat road you need to push it further.
On a carburated machine, there's no such thing, so if you want to go as fast on a hill as you do on a flat road you need to push it further.
K62
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I just drive from Nashua, New Hampshire to my house in Saint John, New Brunswick a few weeks ago.
Made it on one tank, it was a bit over 650km and I burnt 42L. Not bad, eh? I would have done even better but I got stuck on a section of the highway for about 45min in 1st - 2nd gear.
The car is a 2001 Toyota Corolla, 5spd with a 1.8L engine.
Made it on one tank, it was a bit over 650km and I burnt 42L. Not bad, eh? I would have done even better but I got stuck on a section of the highway for about 45min in 1st - 2nd gear.
The car is a 2001 Toyota Corolla, 5spd with a 1.8L engine.
K62
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A good site to find the EPA ratings for cars is www.fueleconomy.gov
It rates my car at 5.6L/100km or 41mpg (highway) Slightly better that what I usually get, but I shift high sometimes
It rates my car at 5.6L/100km or 41mpg (highway) Slightly better that what I usually get, but I shift high sometimes
I'm at about 1.5hrs for 40km