110 MPG Mustang!

[bertrenolds5]

He said he redesinged the engine using a desing his father came up with 60 years ago. I am sure if this is real the engine looks nothing like a stock mustange engine, I've searched and it seems alot of people get high milage using a diesel hybrid engine with a turbo.
here is the news story for the mustang http://video.wnbc.com/player/?id=271843

There you go, proof it is possible Guinness World Record for fuel economy at 103.7 mpg! And I believe it was done 23years ago, think what we could do today.
http://www.100mpgplus.com/pr/avion_20070814.html

Here is the xprize info http://www.edmunds.com/advice/altern...3/article.html

[dragonov_elite]

The guy did this with using E85 as well. Just to shoot that one out there. Thanks for finding the video for me bertrenolds5 i was looking for it but not terribly hard lol.

[twack]

well after reading the xprize conditions, (which the mustang if true should fall into all catagories) i guess they just dont want a check for 10 million

[Kracka]

Sounds to me like most of you need some of Matt D's special tinfoil hats.

Is 100+ mpg possible? Yes. Is it practical and affordable for mass production vehicles? No.

[Pushit2.0]

Some one modified a Toyota Prius to get over 100mpg, it looks like they install more batteries and do not use the gas engine to recharge the batteries. And I am sure the re-program the car so it uses the electric motor a lot more. Also you plug it in to recharge the batteries over night, etc.

~John

[scheides]

Originally Posted by Pushit2.0

Some one modified a Toyota Prius to get over 100mpg, it looks like they install more batteries and do not use the gas engine to recharge the batteries. And I am sure the re-program the car so it uses the electric motor a lot more. Also you plug it in to recharge the batteries over night, etc.

~John

It's called a plug-in hybrid conversion. It does get 100mpg, but only for the first like 50 miles, which is more than the average person drives in a day anyways, so ya.

More info on that here, kits are $3k-10k...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in...uction_hybrids

[john]

Originally Posted by scheides

It's called a plug-in hybrid conversion. It does get 100mpg, but only for the first like 50 miles, which is more than the average person drives in a day anyways, so ya.

More info on that here, kits are $3k-10k...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in...uction_hybrids

I don't have time to look at the site but the last time I looked (actual prices) it cost over $10,000. It isn't just the Pruis you can modify, pretty much all hybrids. The Prius and the insight are more common as the gains are the largest.


I was planning on getting rid of the insight when the volt/electric cars came out but I don't care for the Volt. Only 40 miles on a charge wouldn't help my 100 + mile round trip to work. I will probably wait for Honda or Toyota to make the first move. I heard that they will have a plug in prius out in 2009 which will get 100 mpg. Most likely they are just modifying the current setup.

[tpunx99GSX]

I dont see why you guys automatically doubt this. Im absolutly sure that 100mpg will be seen in our lifetime. And if i created this, i wouldnt pop my hood for no one, $10,000,000 on the line, fuck that i aint sayin shit.

[john]

You can convert a Toyota Prius or Honda Insight (I own one) to get over 100MPG. It isn't cheap but you can do it. My honda gets well over 50 MPG (not trying) and I have gotten over 60MPG over several tanks of gas. BTW, a tank of gas is ~550 miles.

I would like to get my hands on a Tesla Roadster. It is an all electric car which has been around for a little while. It is built on the Lotus chassis and costs $90,XXX. I would say that an all electric car (battery only) would get well over 100MPG.

[asshanson]

Originally Posted by john

I would say that an all electric car (battery only) would get well over 100MPG.

That's either a clever joke or you totally didn't think through your statement; either way I found it funny. At that point you have to switch units to miles per kilowatt or something

I'd totally rock an electric car if they weren't so expensive. A motor on each wheel FTW.

[john]

More info about modifying a honda insight:

http://www.99mpg.com/Projectcars/mikesinsight/



The Prius uses a different form of technology compared to Honda's MIMA. A toyota can get higher MPG by converting to PHEV (plug in hybrid electric vehicle) which entails throwing a larger battery in back and making it so it can plug into the wall.

I researched this quite a bit a while ago but didn't follow through with the project. My MPG good enough

[rose0529]

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/16/o...11-chevy-volt/

info/pics released of the Volt

[BLaCk_1cE]

I didnt want to start a new thread, but check this out. Nothing to do really with MPG's, but yeah.

http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=12572.

[CarPsyco84]

110mpg? I can't even get 20mpg out of our mustang... WTF