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    Default Increasing fuel efficiency

    car engines are only about one-quarter efficient -- three quarters of the gasoline's energy escapes as heat rather than as power to the wheels.
    How can fuel efficiency be improved?

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    drive slower. that engergy is lost due to the very nature of the internal combustion process. you aint gonna get much of that back.

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    see if your car needs a tune up

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    Originally posted by Jatt87
    see if your car needs a tune up
    Yea, tune up. Air filter clean?


    Turbo-snorting, gravity defying superhero..

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    Increase VE via better breathing.

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