I´ve heard very little about one big problem that comes into the equation. BSFC is very romantic ideal concept and it´s achieved under steady state conditions. How the turbo works is another issue, particularly when more power is requested. The ECU increases the fuel rate until a given engine...
NO,
u ll face divorce or worse if you do it. driving slowly or P&G are extremely annoying for on board mates... any kind (even me). Messing with fuel economy is a drive alone thing. I can't imagine repeating that cycle every 6s for a whole tank. 30s to 3+min glides are OK.
That is too...
Lack of self discipline for a year or so... wellll whatever, here are some baseline numbers to warm up
Driver: NOOC
Miles: 923.1
Gallons: 15.73
Model Year: 2006
Model: Jetta
Tranny: 5spd manual
Fuel Type: D2
MPG: 58.68 MPG
Mods: Unitronic +1
welll actually it is a smaller tire, check it here
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html
195 65 R15 is 78.5in vs 205 55 R16 is 78.2in, difference is neglible... about 4 revs per mile.
I´ve been driving with 205 55 R16 for almost 100K miles and FE is very good. I´ve n´t tried...
Driver: no_one_of_consequence
Miles: 442.41
Gallons: 7.16
Model Year: 2006
Model: Jetta A4
Tranny: 5M
Fuel Type: D2
MPG 61.78
Hi all... after a looong brake here are some numbers. Mixed driving including very bad traffic hold ups.
SGII reported 7.42 gallons and 434.33 miles, a bitt off but...
Almost a year has gone since I chipped my A4 and I can tell you, it´s very difficult to control the go pedal. Almost all the time I found myself accelerating faster than I would wish, according to to the SGII numbers. Before chipping I got several 1100+ mile tanks. Now, I´m not willing to do it...
Driver: no_one_of_consequence
Miles: 672.57
Gallons: 13.31
Model year: 2006
Model: Jetta A4 PD
Tranny: 5M
Fuel type: D2
MPG: 50.53
Highway miles @70mph+, A/C all time, No effort for FE
Driver: no_one_of_consequence
Miles: 314.9
Gallons: 4.59
Model Year: 2006
Model: Jetta A4 PD
Tranny: 5M
Fuel Type: D2
MPG 68.6
Not bad but realy short of 77, 10% heavy city traffic...that was it.
Summer Challenge
Hey Fix, what about a 200 mile round trip 77 mpg minimum challenge.
To enter you have to already got 70 mpg/1200 mile tank.
Just for fun, no other rules.
NOOC
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