rv gas mileage
which motor is better on gas mileage,workhorse or triton v10?
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wa8yxm wrote:
Major differnce is the Triton, being a Ford, is a HIGH REV engine, producing the best power curve at a much higher RPM than the low-rev GM Vortec.
This may affect engine life,. but not so much MPG.
Physics says this isn't so. A higher RPM should burn more fuel. 460 cu in of air/fuel mixture going through the motor for every RPM, 15:1 air to fuel mixture indicates that higher RPM engines will use more fuel.
I had to explain this to a co-worker who bought her first car with a manual transmission. Her father told her to keep the revs high as possible. I explained that a lower RPM is fine. When she took mt advise, she commented that she was using less gas.
