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Forum: Hypermiling

12-27-2008, 08:25 PM

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Pulse and Glide with the engine running?

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Posted By DRW

My car has lean burn at idle, but only when the...

My car has lean burn at idle, but only when the car is moving fast enough (over 45mph) to trigger lean burn mode. This is a quirk of the programming, which was done by a few DSM enthusiasts and...

Forum: Hypermiling

12-25-2008, 11:25 AM

Replies: 17

Pulse and Glide with the engine running?

Views: 4,170

Posted By DRW

Here's another good post to illustrate peak vs...

Here's another good post to illustrate peak vs poor efficiency. www.gassavers.org/showpost.php?p=83738&postcount=46
Be sure to click on the map and notice how quickly efficiency drops off as load...

Forum: Hypermiling

12-24-2008, 01:49 PM

Replies: 17

Pulse and Glide with the engine running?

Views: 4,170

Posted By DRW

Sorry to step on your toes, but I wanted to point...

Sorry to step on your toes, but I wanted to point out in no uncertain terms that the technique you were recomending was worse for FE than simply driving at a steady speed.
See...

Forum: Hypermiling

12-23-2008, 12:52 PM

Replies: 17

Pulse and Glide with the engine running?

Views: 4,170

Posted By DRW

Bad guess. PaleMelanesian already gave the...

Bad guess.
PaleMelanesian already gave the correct answer in post #5

To add a 5th option to the above list, 'worse than bad' would be to decel using very light throttle. In fact, that would be...

Forum: Hypermiling

12-02-2008, 07:45 AM

Replies: 17

Pulse and Glide with the engine running?

Views: 4,170

Posted By DRW

Yes, Lean burn will complicate things. My car...

Yes, Lean burn will complicate things.
My car has lean burn, although it works differently than the lean burn mode in a VX.

I noticed no benefit to P+G on flat ground, regardless if the engine...

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