[V8] 93 v8 tranny Manual mode

[Ron Wainwright]

It would be my pleasure to take those 16" BBs's from you...in the name of gas saveings of course ;-)

 Ron


--- On Sat, 6/28/08, Bastian Homburg <b.homburg at web.de> wrote:

> From: Bastian Homburg <b.homburg at web.de>
> Subject: Re: [V8] 93 v8 tranny Manual mode
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Date: Saturday, June 28, 2008, 12:39 PM
> when you put the selector switch in "M" and the
> lever in "D" or "3", the 
> car will cycle through 1st and 2nd and shift into 3rd a LOT
> sooner than 
> in "E". It`s been a long time sice I`ve done
> that, but if I remember 
> correctly, upshifts happened at maybe 1200 rpm in this
> mode. When 
> accelerating away from lights in city driving, this *will*
> have a 
> positive effect on fuel economy.
> 
> 
> And you`re right about the tires. On my car, there is a
> fuel economy 
> difference of about .3 mpg between the 215/60/15 size and
> the 225/50/16 
> (I have two sets of stock BBS wheels, one in 15" and
> one in 16" and use 
> identical Dunlop 9000 tires on both).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> qshipq at aol.com wrote:
> > E is for economy.  I find on my 92 (with chip) that a
> really light 
> > foot in E mode gets significantly better mileage
> around town (if baby 
> > I can see almost 20, foot to the floor 13-14), and
> cruise control with 
> > hill assist with the right foot at the bottom of the
> hills to help 
> > feather the uphill accel yields the best results on
> the highway.  The 
> > absolute biggest difference in gas mileage on a v8
> IMO, is the weight 
> > of the wheels and tires.  Going from the 15 BBS
> lightweights with 
> > stock tires, to 17x8 and 255/40 really grabs you in
> the wallet on a v8 
> > (2 city, 1.5 hwy IME)
> 
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