From: Blue Eyes <lvlearn@MCI2000.COM> > Robert who may live near where Alice entered Wonderland in > Kansas Tennessee, but we aren't sure whether above or below > the entrance, said, > "I see NO reason we couldn't get along > in our Vanagons just fine with 15-20HP." Using the drag and efficiency figures for the 1.6l Diesel and calculating mpg for driving at a constant 30mph you get an astonishing 60mpg! For comparison if you drive flat out don't expect more than 20mpg. I'd always been curious to see how close to the 60 mpg figure one can get in reality. Someone with a Vanagon Diesel living near a long flat stretch of road that's willing to try? Like maybe I95 from NC to FLA? > A few years ago Mechanics Illustrated, I think it was, had a > rather nice appearing build-it-yourself car with kit plans > which used a 3 cylinder Kubota diesel and got something like > 130 mpg. Perhaps there's an opportunity for you in this. > If you want, I've got a link to the "centurion 128mpg Diesel car (building descriptions) on my links page. Also some other efficiency related stuff: http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jag/vw/misc/links.html /Martin -- Westy 1.9l Turbo Diesel Quantum 1.6l Turbo Diesel Martin Jagersand email: jag@cs.yale.edu Computer Science Department jag@cs.rochester.edu Yale University Slow down and visit the VW diesel Westy page: WWW: http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jag/vw ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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