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Ray O
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>>0 mph
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>At 0 MPH, you get 0 MPG ;-)
Assuming the engine running. :-)
Just to add to the general discussion -- the most fuel economic speed
for most internal combustion engines is where the torque curve peaks.
When you put an engine in a car, then you have to take air resistance
into account, which is more or less proportional to the square of the
car's speed. So in a car, then engine will be most fuel efficient at
a lower speed than the max torque point.
The only good way to determine this is to actually measure fuel flow
(or air mass flow, which is proportional) at various speeds.

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Ray O - 16 Jun 2007 15:53 GMT
>>>0 mph
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>>At 0 MPH, you get 0 MPG ;-)
>
> Assuming the engine running. :-)
Isn't 0 miles traveled still MPG?
> Just to add to the general discussion -- the most fuel economic speed
> for most internal combustion engines is where the torque curve peaks.
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> The only good way to determine this is to actually measure fuel flow
> (or air mass flow, which is proportional) at various speeds.
Yup, I was trying to provide a practical answer to the OP's question.

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