Thread: MPG vs Speed
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Old 04-09-2013, 08:12 PM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by catmandoo62 View Post
.one thing i liked about that car is the vacuum gauge.doing 60 or so gauge showed in the 18 range.doing 70 it showed in the 23-25 range or more vacuum.
It cannot run more vacuum at higher engine speed. This would imply reduced airflow and it's impossible to run reduced airflow and get more horsepower.

Either the data is flawed or there was a gear change between speeds or the load on the vehicle was different between the two data points.
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