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There are several factors such as drag, power to weight ratio, gearing, etc. With the V8, I'm assuming such cars benefit with taller gearing. Our cars have shorter gearing for
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There are several factors such as drag, power to weight ratio, gearing, etc. With the V8, I'm assuming such cars benefit with taller gearing. Our cars have shorter gearing for faster acceleration, but it sacrifices a bit of mileage. I'm only speaking off the top of my head so don't quote me lol.
Anyhow, I'm pushing at least 450 whp and my average combined MPG is around 22. ![]()
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The point of this thread wasn't to worry about MPG..
I had an 04' S4 that only got around 16 MPG combined, and I loved every second of it. I was just making an interesting observation how certain V8 cars manage to get the same if not better MPG than the Z. Simple as that. |
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