A/C Usage and Impact on FE

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bowtieguy A/C Usage and Impact on FE 06-24-2009, 03:11 PM

theholycow At idle it only needs to make... 06-24-2009, 03:16 PM

dkjones96 MPG impact is directly... 06-24-2009, 03:41 PM

bowtieguy i think you're spot on there.... 06-24-2009, 03:44 PM

Jay2TheRescue I think larger engines don't... 06-24-2009, 04:06 PM

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06-24-2009, 03:44 PM

bowtieguy

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Originally Posted by dkjones96

MPG impact is directly related to engine power.

Larger engines don't get affected as much by ac. I would venture to say that the MPG impact is about as noticable as the performance hit. That's what my experience has been anyways.

i think you're spot on there. i don't remeber my V6 olds losing that much. besides if the % was the same, obviously the loss in larger engines and lesser FE would not be as noticable.

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