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Re: My Bonneville Sunbeam's Fuel Economy

To: "Tigers" <tigers@Autox.Team.Net>, <DrMayf@aol.com>
Subject: Re: My Bonneville Sunbeam's Fuel Economy
From: "Bob Hokanson" <tgrr2@gte.net>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 14:25:29 -0700

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> From: DrMayf@aol.com
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: My Bonneville Sunbeam's Fuel Economy
> Date: Thursday, October 08, 1998 1:36 PM
>                       then, the fuel economy would be
>                       (260 miles / hour) / 33.13 gal / hour = 7.85 miles / 
>gallon
> 
> Assuming that the full runup distance and shutdown is covered at full
gallop,
> then I can
> determine the amount of fuel required and thus minimum tank size.

Son, If you believe you can get by on 7mpg with the setup you're building
including full runup, then you've probably bought a lot of cow magnets in
your time too.

Skeptical

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