Hi,
Manufacturers say that for best mileage, you should shift into higher gears as soon as possible. I interpret this as "maintain your speeds but at the lowest possible rev's and you'll be consuming less fuel"
( After all driving at 80kph in 5th has lower engine revs than doing so in 3rd, and Fiat says shift to 5th ASAP !! )
So thats how I generally drive, with as low revs as possible to maintain the speed. I'm usually into 5th by the time speedo is showing 45-50kph.
Dont have a tacho, but I recon that keeps me in the about 1500-2000 rpm range.
Then I read somewhere that engines are most fuel efficient at a certain rpm's.
and certainly are less efficient towards idle or the red line :bang: .
If this is so, then what would be the ideal rpm's to keep the Uno most fuel efficient?
BTW - mine is a 2001, 1242cc SPFI.
If thats the case, then I certainly would love to get a tacho installed :idea: .
I'm more concerned about the down shift. e.g I can go down to almost single digit speeds in 3rd gear, as a result I tend to keep it in 3rd even near zero.
To speed up from there I shift to 2nd only if I need to pull away quickly, else I prefer to add a little bit more throttle while still in the higher gear and build the speed slowly.
(same thing for down shifting from other gears).
Would this down shifting pattern be less efficient?
mqs
Manufacturers say that for best mileage, you should shift into higher gears as soon as possible. I interpret this as "maintain your speeds but at the lowest possible rev's and you'll be consuming less fuel"
( After all driving at 80kph in 5th has lower engine revs than doing so in 3rd, and Fiat says shift to 5th ASAP !! )
So thats how I generally drive, with as low revs as possible to maintain the speed. I'm usually into 5th by the time speedo is showing 45-50kph.
Dont have a tacho, but I recon that keeps me in the about 1500-2000 rpm range.
Then I read somewhere that engines are most fuel efficient at a certain rpm's.
and certainly are less efficient towards idle or the red line :bang: .If this is so, then what would be the ideal rpm's to keep the Uno most fuel efficient?
BTW - mine is a 2001, 1242cc SPFI.
If thats the case, then I certainly would love to get a tacho installed :idea: .
I'm more concerned about the down shift. e.g I can go down to almost single digit speeds in 3rd gear, as a result I tend to keep it in 3rd even near zero.
To speed up from there I shift to 2nd only if I need to pull away quickly, else I prefer to add a little bit more throttle while still in the higher gear and build the speed slowly.
(same thing for down shifting from other gears).
Would this down shifting pattern be less efficient?
mqs
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