Is "summer" gas back now?
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warmer air = less dense = less hp and less gas used due to expansion = better mpg
i am not a scientist and could be a little off, but our cars love cold air, but warmer air helps with mpg a little more. Plus I bet, like me, the heater is not being used as much if at all anymore.
i am not a scientist and could be a little off, but our cars love cold air, but warmer air helps with mpg a little more. Plus I bet, like me, the heater is not being used as much if at all anymore.
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warmer air = less dense = less hp and less gas used due to expansion = better mpg
i am not a scientist and could be a little off, but our cars love cold air, but warmer air helps with mpg a little more. Plus I bet, like me, the heater is not being used as much if at all anymore.
i am not a scientist and could be a little off, but our cars love cold air, but warmer air helps with mpg a little more. Plus I bet, like me, the heater is not being used as much if at all anymore.
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warmer air = less dense = less hp and less gas used due to expansion = better mpg
i am not a scientist and could be a little off, but our cars love cold air, but warmer air helps with mpg a little more. Plus I bet, like me, the heater is not being used as much if at all anymore.
i am not a scientist and could be a little off, but our cars love cold air, but warmer air helps with mpg a little more. Plus I bet, like me, the heater is not being used as much if at all anymore.
But yeah I did notice a few better MPG on the fuel computer in the R32 as well.
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haha, I obviously was over thinking because I was thinking along the lines of, taking heat from the coolant drops motor temps a few degrees which will result in more absorption of heat which results more power loss in combustion because the heat has other places to go then just expanding.
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No you are right.....there is something they change in the summer gas............although I haven't noticed it fully.......I thought the exact same thing in my sti last week.........it felt like it was running better at least but that difference could just be between 2 gas stations or in my head.
my 97 l that i drive 100 miles a day in I dont like to floor so I can perserve it so who knows....prob wouldn't tell a difference in that anyways.
my 97 l that i drive 100 miles a day in I dont like to floor so I can perserve it so who knows....prob wouldn't tell a difference in that anyways.
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ive been getting 20-22 mpg in my 2.5L pretty crappy.
My Miata gets 31mpg going 65 and 21mpg going 80 lol 4K RPMS@ 80mph FTW!
RX8 guys, what are you getting? factory is 16/20 mpg...hopefully youre getting that. Nothing beats a rotary though.
oh yeah, whats A/C? you mean the button you press a dozen days a year? lol
not only does it lag your belts, it weighs like 50lbs!
My Miata gets 31mpg going 65 and 21mpg going 80 lol 4K RPMS@ 80mph FTW!
RX8 guys, what are you getting? factory is 16/20 mpg...hopefully youre getting that. Nothing beats a rotary though.
oh yeah, whats A/C? you mean the button you press a dozen days a year? lol
not only does it lag your belts, it weighs like 50lbs!
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