Hey, you want to discuss engine theory, I'm in
Seriously. However, who said every engine? I'm building my vehicle. I know my engine and how I built it and what I built it for right? However, here something to chew on. I built a 302 many years ago, pretty stout. It runs 12.8s in total street trim in a Mustang. I had about 50 miles on it and took it to Indy . Thats was a 1400 mile trip for me. Now we're talking a cammed up engine, heads ported etc etc. No economy engine here. However with my T5, I was turning under 2K at cruising speeds. In its sweet spot? Hell no, I shift it at 6200- 6500 and have taken it to 7000 just for fun :icon_bounceblue: But, I got 24 mpgs at 70 mph with as fresh of an engine as you can have; 50 miles on it. You slow the engine down, you are going to use less fuel in most cases. No to the point of this post, I built this engine for low rpm efficiency. Everything is matched for low Rs . . I want to slow it down as much as I can. But the 12.8 engine is just one to think about. Keep your mind open . . things happen.