Honda ecorun this saturday...

**Psylocke** · February 23rd, 2006 03:59 PM

I'm gonna be on an ecorun this saturday. Any tips on how to drive fuel-efficiently?

What is the ideal cruising RPM?

Ideal cruising speed?

Ideal shifting points?

**CLAVEL3699** · February 23rd, 2006 04:05 PM

saan ang route?

sumali na kami ni carlo dyan. hehehehe talokami

but we did 25+ km/ltr. hehehehe

**niky** · February 23rd, 2006 04:11 PM

Shift below 2000 rpm. Coast when you can, Coast in-gear when you're slowing to a stop, Coast in neutral when you're going downhill. Keep your tire pressures on the high side, around 35 psi will do, empty everything you don't need from the car, remove rain gutters if you have them (to lessen wind resistance).

Maintain between 50-70 km/h when you can, accelerate very slowly, and try not to stop for anything. Keep your momentum up, and you shouldn't use much.

I think Honda requires you to keep your spare and jack, though.

*Clavel: 25 ba inabot nyo? Yung driver ko naka 23.5 lang... but that was a great lunch, eh?

**ghosthunter** · February 23rd, 2006 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by Psylocke

I'm gonna be on an ecorun this saturday. Any tips on how to drive fuel-efficiently?

What is the ideal cruising RPM?

Ideal cruising speed?

Ideal shifting points?

ideal driving style... burn & coast. Guaranteed to increase fuel milage by at least 20%. Tire pressure at 40psi or whatever is the safe maximum.

note: burn and coast technique is where you accelerate to a certain set speed and then you shift to neutral & turn off your engine. When you reach a certain low speed, you turn the engine back on and accelerate slowly again to your set maximum speed and start again.

**CLAVEL3699** · February 23rd, 2006 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by niky

Shift below 2000 rpm. Coast when you can, Coast in-gear when you're slowing to a stop, Coast in neutral when you're going downhill. Keep your tire pressures on the high side, around 35 psi will do, empty everything you don't need from the car, remove rain gutters if you have them (to lessen wind resistance).

Maintain between 50-70 km/h when you can, accelerate very slowly, and try not to stop for anything. Keep your momentum up, and you shouldn't use much.

I think Honda requires you to keep your spare and jack, though.

*Clavel: 25 ba inabot nyo? Yung driver ko naka 23.5 lang... but that was a great lunch, eh?

nope. hindi eh. kasi huli na kami dumating kunti na pagkain.

i maintain speed around 40-50km/h change gear around 2000rpm but hindi sya dapat lumagpas.

23.5 is a good mileage na.

**ILuvDetailing** · February 23rd, 2006 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by ghosthunter

note: burn and coast technique is where you accelerate to a certain set speed and then you shift to neutral & turn off your engine. When you reach a certain low speed, you turn the engine back on and accelerate slowly again to your set maximum speed and start again.

turn off as in literally shut off your engine? does apply to A/T? sorry I'm kinda confused here

**ghosthunter** · February 23rd, 2006 04:28 PM

Originally Posted by ILuvDetailing

turn off as in literally shut off your engine? does apply to A/T? sorry I'm kinda confused here

yup... literally shutdown the engine. Works best with M/T cars since you can use the kickstart method to restart the engine. With A/T cars, its not recommended but shifting the car to neutral and coasting will still give better results than if the car was left in "D".

Shutting down the engine works best because you dont burn a single drop of fuel when you are coasting with engine off. Of course some A/T trannies might get damaged if coasting was done with engine off because of fluid circulation issues...so... coasting in neural w/ engine idling is the next best option.

**CLAVEL3699** · February 23rd, 2006 04:30 PM

ano carlo magsabi ka nang technique

**BlueBimmer** · February 23rd, 2006 04:30 PM

hindi ba masisira a/t tranny nyan?

**ghosthunter** · February 23rd, 2006 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by BlueBimmer

hindi ba masisira a/t tranny nyan?

Depends on the tranny fluid circulation issues... coasting with engine idling is the next best thing. Over-inflated tires will also marginally improve milage (but gives bad ride comfort)...