<VV> MPG Hystery [sic]

[Dale Dewald]

Hello to those interested in MPG, here is a well documented data point:

Sunday I made a 275 mile round trip to bring some Jr. high youth (4 girls 
w/ luggage) to a church camp outing in our '65 Greenbrier.  Wind was 
blowing 20-30 MPH from the NW the whole time off Lake Superior as I made 
the trip South then East to, then West and North on return (Hancock, MI to 
near Munising, MI and return).  I drove mostly at 60-65 MPH when possible 
(approx 3/4 of distance) and 55 MPH the remainder. I recorded 21.1 MPG for 
this trip using BP/Amoco 92 octane fuel.  Our GB has a 110/4-sp/3.27 posi 
drivetrain. Tires are 215/65R15 Pirelli P4000's.

Dale Dewald
Hancock, (UP) MI

PS, A true test of an alternate (electric) fan system would be to drive an 
FC against a 35 MPH headwind at 65-70 MPH road speed for 300 miles (forget 
mountains/hills). Even with a 65 F ambient temperature, I recorded the 
highest cyl head temps of the entire trip under these conditions in North 
Dakota while on our trip to/from Portland. (MPG on this leg 17.5)


At 11:55 AM 8/24/05 -0400, Bill Elliott wrote:
>Just as another data point, my 110/PG/3.55 VW Westy, fully loaded for 
>camping and carrying 4 people gets 19mpg at 60-65mph. I'm confident this 
>would be in
>the low 20's with a 4 sp.
>
>As another data point, the original 1600 VW engine with a 4 sp (top speed 
>of under 65mph) with under half the torque gets about 15-16 at 50-55mpg