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Car Forum / Lexus Cars / June 2007

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Optimal MPG for '05 ES330?

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cbrandiii - 13 Jun 2007 00:19 GMT
What speed will produce the optimal MPG for an '05 ES330?

(I'm hoping RayO weighs in on this too.)
Ray O - 13 Jun 2007 02:48 GMT
> What speed will produce the optimal MPG for an '05 ES330?
>
> (I'm hoping RayO weighs in on this too.)

"Optimal" MPG is probably the speed at which the transmission shifts into
5th gear; my guess is somewhere around 35 or 40 MPH on level ground so the
transmission stays in 5th gear lockup.

At higher speeds, fuel economy will probably go down.
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stu - 15 Jun 2007 22:41 GMT
0 mph
> What speed will produce the optimal MPG for an '05 ES330?
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> (I'm hoping RayO weighs in on this too.)
Ray O - 16 Jun 2007 05:35 GMT
>0 mph

At 0 MPH, you get 0 MPG ;-)
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Jay Somerset - 16 Jun 2007 09:12 GMT
>>0 mph
>
>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 ;-)
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> 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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