<VV> MPG Hystery

[Dennis & Debbie Pleau]

Gota agree with Terry here, when driving and econorun 1st and 3rd don't 
exist.  an imaginary raw egg is between my foot and the gas pedal.  If it 
is down hill the key is off an in neutral.  I heard once 45 mph is the best 
speed for gas mileage for a Corvair.  If I have to be under power, I never 
exceed that.  It will take me a long time to get to that speed (might break 
the imaginary egg).  I've won many local econoruns and placed 5th in the 
only national I've entered in the 140 std class.

Now if I drove the same way to work each day, someone in a 250, 350, 2500 
or 3500 would run over me in the first 18 miles where I loose 1000 ft while 
going up and down over small ridges.  The next 9 miles are on a freeway 
with speeds starting at 75 and then dropping to 55 as I get into 
town.  Don't think I want to be on a 75 mph freeway at 45 mph while legal 
it would be dangerous.  Driving this commute at reasonable speed in my 140 
(65 on the 2 lanes up and down roads 80 down to 65 on the freeway) got me 
about 24 mph, in the same car I get over 40 mph in econoruns.  It's all 
about what you are trying to accomplish.

Dennis

At 06:53 AM 8/24/2005, tkalp at cox.net wrote:
>Ron,
>
>I am guessing you never have participated in a Corvair Econorun.  The 
>difference isn't the evil, cheating Corvair drivers . . . the rules are 
>quite different.  I navigated for the winning car at the Iowa Mini 
>Econorun 42.9 mpg out of a 61 80 hp PG sedan . . . and we didn't use every 
>opportunity to save gas.
>
>A major factor was that we left topped off to the top of the filler 
>neck.  When we finished the officials filled the car until the pump 
>clicked off, which gave us an extra pint of gas.  The speeds are a lot 
>slower.  We had 3 hours to complete 86 miles, that is less than a 30 mph 
>average. The differences in mpg at 30 and 45 mph are significant.
>
>There is a lot of coasting and time with the engine shut off, I am not 
>sure how much of that was allowed in the Mobil event.  AeroNed got over 35 
>mpg out of his 140 Corsa, said he never took it over 2,000 rpm.
>
>You are not comparing apples to apples, it is like saying how does Tom K. 
>go 170 mph when my Corvair will only do 120?  Is he cheating?
>
>Terry Kalp
> >
> > From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
> > Subject: Re: <VV> MPG Hystery
> >
> > So how come a professional driver in the Mobil Gas Economy Run got 27 mpg
> > and our modern amateurs with a 140 get almost 40 mpg?  Is it because they
> > kept the Mobil Gas Run honest?
> > Just wondering,
> > RonH
> >
>
>
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