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Old 02-12-2008, 09:10 PM
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Default Re: Pulse and Glide Driving

Ken, once the Ford gets hot, 140'F is hot enough to keep it in the best FE "stage". There is a bitterly cold phase, a moderate phase, and 140 is the "hot" phase. I've found no advantage to running the car hotter than this... unless outside air is bitterly cold. Then the "model" shifts upwards on the order of 20 degrees for each stage to occur.

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