Chipped mileage?

[Bernie Benz]

You were going faster at red line.

Bernie

> From: Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:25:42 -0700
> To: Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
> Cc: 200q20V at audifans.com, Mike Del Tergo <mdeltergo at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Chipped mileage?
> 
> Years ago, I too noticed a significant drop in highway mileage when I went
> from 205/60-15 tires to 225/60-15's on my Avant.
> 
> Ed
> 
> On 2/9/06, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> What kind of tires? I've found that tires make a huge difference- I lost a
>> good 2-3 mpg when going from 225 to 255 section tires.
>> 
>> Even with 255s running about 36 psi, cruising at about 85-90, I got
>> 25-26mpg
>> on a 5 hr. trip. Chipped 200q20v with Lehmann software and Stromung
>> exhaust.
>> 
>> Taka
>> 
>> On 2/8/06, Mike Del Tergo <mdeltergo at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Curious to beat another thread to death.  Currently getting 21MPG hwy
>> for
>>> Hohenester chipped 2.5P ransduced 20V Avant.  Just took a 600 mile trip
>>> with
>>> less than 3 x on ramp/merge slach warp speed passes with cruise set to
>> 75.
>>> I'm not really willing to accept a 20% MPG drop from my usual for very
>>> occassional 270HP bursts, better throttle response all around excepted.
>>> Just curious to see what others are getting and the chips they are
>>> running.
>>> Mike