Re: [DMCForum] 30 MPG DeLorean? (Revisited)

[DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxxxxxxx>]

With my stock PRV i got 26MPG, imagine if i turned the air off when i 
got 26MPG?


Mark V




On Jul 2, 2005, at 1:12 PM, content22207 wrote:

> Drove up to DC last night. Prior to leaving town I disabled a device
> on my carb known as the "power valve" (it's just a diaphragm that
> meters more fuel when manifold vacuum drops, usually due to fuller
> throttle plate activation). Engine predetonated slightly under hard
> acceleration, so I bumped the jets up slightly. Even with the larger
> jets (4% larger than I had been running), fuel economy jumped to 24.5
> MPG. And that was 2750-3000 RPM. Had I run closer to 2000 RPM, I might
> well have approached 30 MPG.
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> In other words, something in the neighborhood of a 30 MPG DeLorean may
> indeed be possible. Performance will suffer accordingly, but if fuel
> economy is your primary goal it could be done. I like to accelerate
> and drive fast myself, so 24.5 is good enough for me.
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> (Note to Rich Acuti: That little silver blur in the left lane will be 
> me).
>
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
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