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Sol's Guide for improving your FC
zzyzx:
--- Quote from: SoL on January 07, 2009, 10:46:58 PM ---The difference between 3k rpm and 2k rpm is at most 10sec time difference bah? Not that much of a difference.
I normally keep to left or middle lane and accelerate. 2k rpm is enough, and when I get to cruising speed than I overtake heehee.
I used to cannot tahan slow pickup, but nowadays I'm used to it le. Going at 3k rpm just feels uneasy for me. I take beating my FC record as some sort of a challenge. =]
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are you driving CVT or 4AT?
when i used to drive my CVT lancer, i pick up at ~2.2krpm and gets "ok" pickup and FC is ~12km/L
now i drive my 4AT latio, i pick up at 3krpm and get much better pick up and FC is constant 12KM/L
btw even i pick up my lancer at 3krpm, power wise still not as good as the latio..
SoL:
I'm a 4AT.
No matter what, going off at 2.5k rpm is definitely gonna get u much better mileage than 3k rpm. I'm guessing around 14km/l for you just by that alone.
zzyzx:
--- Quote from: SoL on January 08, 2009, 06:12:51 PM ---I'm a 4AT.
No matter what, going off at 2.5k rpm is definitely gonna get u much better mileage than 3k rpm. I'm guessing around 14km/l for you just by that alone.
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i'm gonna prove you wrong cos i used to be light footed when running in my engine but stll get 12km/l although i hope you're right. :)
SoL:
--- Quote from: zzyzx on January 08, 2009, 08:18:35 PM ---i'm gonna prove you wrong cos i used to be light footed when running in my engine but stll get 12km/l although i hope you're right. :)
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Running in will definitely give you lower FC, because of mineral oil, new engine etc etc. What is your mileage now? I'm not too sure for CVT, but accelerating at 2k should give better FC than 3k. Lightfooted, which is accelerating <2k rpm is not advised too.
liewks:
The CVT Latio can accelerate to 60km/h at 1200rpm :-). When the light turns green, apply gentle pressure and let the engine rise smoothly to 1500rpm. Then slowly ease back a touch to encourage the CVT to a higher ratio. Once you get down to 1200rpm, keep steady pressure on the pedal and watch the speed climb to 60km/h. Of course, you have to be a little patient. When you reach 60km/h at 1200rpm, you are at max gear ratio, and you can increase pedal pressure *gently* to get up to your desired speed while keeping the highest gear ratio.
This is much easier to do with the A/C off. Takes about 18s to accelerate to 60km/h from a standing start on level ground.
The best way to find out if this technique works better than a high rpm take off is to grab an FL Latio with the built in FC meter. Set a fixed route and test both methods several times with the FC meter set to average mode. It would be great if someone can do this and post the data.
It would also be great if someone could post FC .vs steady state cruise speed with and without A/C, windows up. Then we can find the sweet spot and keep our accelerators pegged at that spot.
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