Re: '82 505 TD, extended highway driving?
From: anarchyx34 (anarchyx@axe.net)
Date: Fri 29 Mar 2002 - 14:51:48 EST
--- In peugeot-L@y..., "jsgrubbs2001" <jsgrubbs@h...> wrote:
> You want to know how to make a 505 TD get crappy economy on the
> highway? Drive it at top speed for a while. I did this once and my
> average economy (crazy speed + docile driving) dropped to about 25
> mpg.
>
> Still, this was nothing like one of the top speed runs I witnessed
> in "Blackie". We ran an empty stretch of new highway, about 15
miles
> long, at wide-open-throttle. Our speed never dropped below about
144
> (about 5400 RPM) on some mild hills, and our peak velocity was...
um,
> yeah. The car consumed almost a quarter tank of fuel, according to
> the guage. That's about 5-6 mpg... WOW!
>
>
> -Joe G
Ok, that brings me to another question. I have the 85mph
speedometer. How can I fit the 120 mph speedometer in and have it be
accurate? Do I have to change the speedometer gear in the tranny?
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