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Originally Posted by mhcoss You may be actually getting lower fuel economy doing that. At 40 mph I think 5th gear is probably best, maybe even 4th. It's called volumetric

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Old 04-11-2012, 07:10 AM   #7 (permalink)
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You may be actually getting lower fuel economy doing that. At 40 mph I think 5th gear is probably best, maybe even 4th.
It's called volumetric efficiency.
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