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Still has 400HP, 0-60 in 3 seconds, but gets 110MPG because of increased engine efficiency
Engineer Gets 110 MPG Out Of '87 Mustang - Automotive News Story - WKMG Orlando
Engineer Gets 110 MPG Out Of '87 Mustang - Automotive News Story - WKMG Orlando
"We redesigned a lot of different things on the [engine] block," Pelmear told the paper. "It's still a rod-and-piston engine; it just has a lot more electronics on it."Traditional gas engines operate at 8 to 10 percent, efficiency, while the engine on the Mustang, he said, is at 38 percent efficiency.He said he could greatly increase even that number if his car used traditional gasoline instead of a mix of gas and 85 percent ethanol.
Pelmear told television station WNWO that the car hasn't traded power for miles per gallon. Pelmear said the car has 400 horsepower, goes well over 100 mph and can go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds.