C409

….. I went to a facility that provides accurately measured time vs distance and discovered that my fuel consumption is drastically impaired … it appears that my car is using about 3/4 of a gallon of fuel per mile traveled … now mind you , I am using E85 which requires approx. 27% more volume than gasoline would use to go the same distance … but , jeez …..

Tom400CFI

LOL.....that's funny.

Kevova

Too much time waiting for a green light?
Better than running a red light

65Z01

Was it a .gov facility or was that the average across a number of 1/4-mile passes...

Tom400CFI

That's what you get when you...."live your life a 1/4 mile at a time. For that 10 seconds or less, nothing else matters."

C409

….. I was at Showtime Dragstrip (odd name - dragstrip ?) in Clearwater , Florida … I understand that there are many such facilities located around the globe … where people like me do similar research …..

DGXR

Massive acceleration requires massive fuel delivery.

C409

….. I promise to continue this scientific research as often as possible … I will get to the bottom of this poor fuel economy ! …..

Tom400CFI

Are you counting the coast-down mileage too? If not...your mileage may have just doubled to a whopping 3/8 gallon/mile!

Patsgarage

See, math can be fun.

65Z01

Indeed, I can recall many years of similar "research" at Englishtown, till the shut down their drag strip last year.

84 4+3

Now you gotta run iso-butanol and see if you double your mileage! (Throw back for those who remember. )

C409

….. I'm computing the TOTAL fuel consumption … from the time the car is loaded onto the trailer , 'til it makes its way back into the shop … sooo , unfortunately , its cipherin' out to be 3/4 gallon per mile … OUTRAGEOUS ! …..

95LT1ZF

That's about the same mileage my 77 Z28 got....on a normal day.

Tom400CFI

Wow. Well you're right then....that's down right offensive fuel consumption!