Gas Wasted During Racing?

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Old Mar 31, 2002 | 09:23 AM
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Gas Wasted During Racing?

Everyone always says nice wate of gas when you race a shitty car. I'm just wondering how much gas you actually burn.

Let's say I race kid from a standstill to 100mph which is about 1500ft of flooring it. How much gas do you think I will use. Meaning I burn enough in that little over 1/4 mile that if I were driving under normal circumstances I would have gone ?? miles.
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Old Mar 31, 2002 | 11:45 AM
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about 15mpg vs. 21-25 mpg
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Old Mar 31, 2002 | 02:58 PM
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Dunno, but I completely burned through 3 gallons of gas at the strip in only 10 miles of driving/racing.
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Old Mar 31, 2002 | 02:59 PM
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Originally posted by Samer007
about 15mpg vs. 21-25 mpg

Optimist!
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Old Mar 31, 2002 | 03:57 PM
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You will get about 2-3 mpg at 6500RPM
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Old Mar 31, 2002 | 05:21 PM
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just going into vtec once lets me see the gas gauge drop like 2 lines. its depressing.
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Old Mar 31, 2002 | 05:53 PM
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Originally posted by my2sense
just going into vtec once lets me see the gas gauge drop like 2 lines. its depressing.
Damn, you should get a 3 cyl Metro. That gas is being used for horsepwer production.
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Old Mar 31, 2002 | 06:43 PM
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One time when I was on some nice back roads tearing it up a bit I basically said F*** gas and I was in or near VTEC the entire time for about 30min. and I blew through maybe a 1/4 tank of gas or more!!
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Old Mar 31, 2002 | 07:38 PM
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One time when I was on some nice back roads tearing it up a bit I basically said F*** gas and I was in or near VTEC the entire time for about 30min. and I blew through maybe a 1/4 tank of gas or more!!
But you had fun doing it or you wouldn't have bothered.

That's the thing with our car - great mpg if you want it, or fun if you want it.
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Old Mar 31, 2002 | 08:43 PM
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someone TELL NASCAR!
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