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To: Don Pueblo who wrote (597)	8/17/2000 2:21:54 PM
From: SI Bob	Read Replies (3) of 5698

Reminds me of a friend of mine back in the Army who always talked about putting a helicopter turbine in a bike. That didn't look like him in the picture, though, although I haven't seen him for about 20 years or so. BTW, I'm back from my trip. 'Twas fun. 4500 miles in about 2 weeks, 750 of which were the day before yesterday driving from Titusville, FL to Nashville, TN. The trip computer showed an average of about 15 mpg hauling the trailer and 23 without it. However, and this is a big "however", on one tank that reported 21.6 mpg it turned out we only got 18.6 mpg when dividing miles by the amount of fuel needed to top it off. I'll drive the thing for a while without the chip to see if it's still as inaccurate, so I'll know whose ear to bend about the gross inaccuracy of the reported fuel economy. It definitely takes less throttle for any given speed anyway. I'm more suspicious of Ford on this one than the manufacturer of the aftermarket chip.

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