A different thought on aluminum wheels on economy minded vehicles: heavy
wheels have lots of inertia, so it takes hp to move them to speed. Putting
aluminum wheel on an economy cay lessens the need for power to bring tthem
sp speed and then to stop. They may also keep the tire round which helps to
reduce squirm at the tire road interface which also reduces hp needs. A
little here a littttle there and pretty soon you got a car that gets good
gas milage...
My old towncar does not get that good a milage, but when we moved from
Madison, alabammy we drove at speeds which averaged 75 mph for the entire
trip including stops and managed to get more that 25 mpg, ANd thats with 2
people, a dog and his crate and enough stuff in the trunk to fill a walk in
closet. So I thought that was pretty good for a 95 year model..
mayf. out in pahrump
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Tone" <James.Tone@AES.com>
To: "Landspeed" <Land-speed@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 9:05 AM
Subject: RE: Eco Perception - today's reality
> My normal work car is a 2003 Honda Civic HX 2-dr 5-speed. A little known
model which now has 14,000 miles...It's normal fuel milage is averaging 36
in town, which means 5 miles to and from work no freeway. Back and forth to
El mirage is over 42 mpg. This motor is tuned for mileage and has the
highest compression ratio available in the Civic models. It's never
advertised and dealers have very few of them available...They even have
alumimun wheels to keep the unsprung weight down...To bad people down look
carefully for their commuter cars...Made/Assembled in America too...Ohio
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Dahlgren [mailto:ddahlgren@snet.net]
> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 1:29 AM
> To: W S Potter; bobbyhotrods@comcast.net; Landspeed
> Subject: RE: Eco Perception - today's reality
>
>
> That 32 mpg is not that spectacular really..
> Dave
> >
> > enough to
> big GM bodied car down the road at 32 mpg highway
> > ... you can
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