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You CAN get 100 miles per gallon of gas by adding air
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"The U.S. Department of Energy predicts an increase in fuel consumption of 3 percent for each 10 psi reduction in tire pressure." [End Quote] --- Therefore, If the normal fuel consumption for your car is 20 mpg, with normal tire pressure (usually 30 psi), consider the following: If the tire on your car should have 30 psi (common), and you only have 20 psi, in one of the tires, your fuel consumption will drop to 19.4 mpg. If the tire psi drops to zero psi, your fuel consumption will drop to 18.2 mpg. and If ALL FOUR tires have zero tire pressure, your fuel consumption will drop to 12.8 mpg. ----- Now, lets look at this in reverse. If your car normally gets 20 mpg, with 30 psi in the tires, then every 10 psi increase of air will increase your fuel milage by 3%. Consider this example. Raise the tire pressure in all four tires to 63 psi. This will add 10% for each tire, thus a 40% increase in fuel consumption. Now, you will get 38 mpg. Increase your tire pressure to 70 psi and you will now approximately double your fuel consumption to 40 mpg .. Quadruple the air pressure to 140 psi, and you should get about 80 mpg and if you increase the tire pressure to 210 psi, you'll get about 100 miles per gallon. And while 100mpg is great, why stop there. Lets go for 200 mpg. Just raise your tire pressure to 420 psi or 300 mpg Just raise your tire pressure to 630 psi Wanna get 500 mpg, raise the tire pressure to 1050 psi. Drive all the way across the USA one one gallon of gasoline by raising your tire pressure to around 2800 psi. It's as simple as that! |
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