Japanese Fit Fuel Economy
Hi folks,
I noticed that Japanese market 1.5L Fits get 45+ mpg... is it possible to modify the US market engine to achieve this degree of fuel economy? Best wishes, CK |
just do the engine swap I guess
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You could drive at Japanese road speeds which are 80km/hr absolute max on freeways and 40km/hr or less around the cities. Fuel economy is heaps better at 80km/hr than 100km/hr or more.
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Originally Posted by vividjazz
You could drive at Japanese road speeds which are 80km/hr absolute max on freeways and 40km/hr or less around the cities. Fuel economy is heaps better at 80km/hr than 100km/hr or more.
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Also, remember that overseas, they use a different "gallon" than we do.
We use the US Liquid Gallon, which is 4 quarts or 3.785411784 Litres. Overses, they use the Imperial Gallon which is 4.54609 Litres. There's a BIG difference, but in the wrong direction... 41 imperial gallons is like 49.xx US gallons. They also use a totally different testing system. In the US, fuel economy numbers are based on EPA tests on a rolling dyno. In Japan, they use a different test, at different speeds, and whatnot. There's no way to easily compare Japanese fuel economy number to American. |
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