Mustang that gets 110 mpg in the news

[just4bob50]

What do you guys think. Says it has 400hp & 500ftlb & gets 110mpg.

http://www.wgal.com/video/16766229/index.html?source=CNN

 

[FrankenStang]

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=755626

 

[Mustang5L5]

I don't buy it

 

[riceslayer302]

this is on every forum around its gay, first it was 80mpg now 100, wtf?

 

[Beasty306GT]

What a load of crap

 

[65ShelbyClone]

No, it's 80mpg actual on some kind of ethanol mix, but 100+mpg "equivalent" to if the car was running 100% gasoline.

I don't buy it either. Here is what I had to say on turboford.org:

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100mpg equivalent and he didn't even touch the aerodynamics of the car? Hell, it's even a Mustang coupe with that nice refrigerator-shaped roof line.

He would be lucky if it only took 20hp to maintain 55mph with that car. The BSFC of the engine would have to be around 0.18lb/hp/hr to hit 99mpg, assuming a gallon of straight gasoline weighs 6.5lb.

This is also ignoring the fact that he's using a stock block with a valley girdle. Oh, but the 500ft-lb engine will last forever that way. View attachment 312127

That and absolutely no details on how he's getting 100mpg.

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[jrichker]

He may have been driving 15 MPH and failed to include that bit of information in his press release. Getting the equalivalent of 100 MPG at 55 MPH is a major feat.

For those of you interested in the math that makes the 100 MPG claim look doubtful, see http://www.epi-eng.com/piston_engine_technology/thermal_efficiency.htm

 

[NIKwoaC]

To top it off, the paint on that green car is tasteless.

 

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[25thmustang]

Is there any proof of 100 mpg?

If not then my car should be on the news, I can get 100 mpg, and I will even open the hood and let the camera guy snap pictures of it.

 

[SteedaGT9150]

0-60 in 3 seconds?