Gas Mileage Report

[jrc50]

As for being alongside a semi for too long...When I was still working and driving 50K/yr I was passing a semi on an interstate and his rear tire on my side blew, the description of pieces going everywhere is correct and wow did it snap me to attention! You just do not know about a semi or their driver and always, always give them plenty of space!

 

[ExpeditionAndy]

As for being alongside a semi for too long...When I was still working and driving 50K/yr I was passing a semi on an interstate and his rear tire on my side blew, the description of pieces going everywhere is correct and wow did it snap me to attention! You just do not know about a semi or their driver and always, always give them plenty of space!

I follow way behind them or I get around them quickly and get out of the way.

 

[chuck s]

I just read a recent test that indicated the 2017 F150 3.6 EcoBoost engine got a whopping 5% better fuel economy using 93 vs 87 octane. Prices here have 93 costing roughly 25% more per gallon. $2.90 vs $2.30 last week. So yeah, you get better fuel mileage.

-- Chuck

 

[Oldnerdguy]

I just read a recent test that indicated the 2017 F150 3.6 EcoBoost engine got a whopping 5% better fuel economy using 93 vs 87 octane. Prices here have 93 costing roughly 25% more per gallon. $2.90 vs $2.30 last week. So yeah, you get better fuel mileage.

-- Chuck

You just hit the nail on the head of why I switched to run 87 octane most of the time.
5% increase in fuel mileage for a 25% increase in cost. The math does not add up.
And from all the varied reading I don't think there is anything detrimental to vehicle running 87. I do think the performance is noticeably less.

Similar to ExpeditionAndy, we did not get the vehicle to get great mileage. It is a people hauler and sometimes a camper or boat puller.
But getting decent mpg compared to my truck is always a plus.

 

[Muddy Bean]

Sometimes I hypermile just for fun...rarely. Most of the time testing the acceleration limits of my EL is way more fun.


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[ExpeditionAndy]

Sometimes I hypermile just for fun...rarely. Most of the time testing the acceleration limits of my EL is way more fun.


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I like going wide open throttle for short distances to blow the carbon out of the engine. Plus I love the acceleration.

 

[bobmbx]

I like going wide open throttle for short distances to blow the carbon out of the engine. Plus I love the acceleration.

Thats old school, Andy. I admit I find myself doing from time to time also out of habit, but, the engines of today don't produce any where near the carbon that they did back in the good old days, when you could produce a dust cloud worthy of a James Bond smoke screen.

Its been a long time since I've been able to "roll coal" from one of my cars.

 

[ExpeditionAndy]

Thats old school, Andy. I admit I find myself doing from time to time also out of habit, but, the engines of today don't produce any where near the carbon that they did back in the good old days, when you could produce a dust cloud worthy of a James Bond smoke screen.

Its been a long time since I've been able to "roll coal" from one of my cars.

Last time I did that was about13 years ago. My wife took over driving my old Mercedes Turbo Diesel and I had to run it up the shop for some work. I stomped on it to downshift and kick in the turbo and when I looked in the rear view mirror there was a ********* cloud so dense I couldn't see anything behind me. It would have put a trucker to shame. Fortunately nobody was behind me or they would have driven into a a James Bond smoke screen. From that I could tell that my wife never floored it when she was driving. It ran better afterwards.

 

[jeff kushner]

OK, I admit it....I BROKE 100mph on Sunday when returning home from Kerry's house. Truck acted like it was on a Hot Wheels track....not bad, not too bad at all.

I had thought that I'd read where there was a speed limiter set at 90mph...blew that myth to hell!

Did it right here with my Escort 8500 providing cover for me..

https://www.google.com/maps/place/C...2773301690aed4!8m2!3d39.0971804!4d-75.9579358


BTW, my mileage-since-new is still at 17.9 combined!!

jeff

 

[jeff kushner]

Thats old school, Andy. I admit I find myself doing from time to time also out of habit, but, the engines of today don't produce any where near the carbon that they did back in the good old days, when you could produce a dust cloud worthy of a James Bond smoke screen.

Its been a long time since I've been able to "roll coal" from one of my cars.

Bob,

You should be so lucky to be behind one of my Two stroke triple H1's or H2's....We used to call it "the deadly blue cloud" and would leave sports car drivers covered at the red lights....because NOTHING back then (bike or car) could match the 0-80mph acceleration.....


Here's a vid of one of my engines......nasty, very nasty.....the entire rear of the bike drops when the throttle is cracked....caused by the sudden and violent acceleration of the crankshaft!

http://s808.photobucket.com/user/jeffkushner1/media/102_5016_zps25f5b2f7.mp4.html

jeff

This is the bike in the video but it's getting it's carbs switched along with a newly setup set of cylinders...