Peugeot Re: '82 505 TD, extended highway driving?

From: anarchyx34 (anarchyx@axe.net)
Date: Fri 29 Mar 2002 - 14:51:48 EST

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    --- 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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