Re: IML: Imperial fuel consumption

[Christopher H <imperial67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Converting this is harder than it sounds, since the standard metric measure
is fuel consumption (liters per 100 kilometers, or l/100km), not fuel
economy as in the US (mpg, which is a distance per unit of fuel).

Top convert mpg to l/100km, divide 235.215 by the mpg.

That is, more loosely, 235/(mpg) = (l/100km).

For example:
 18 mpg = 13.1 l/100km
 15 mpg = 15.7 l/100km
 12 mpg = 19.6 l/100km
 10 mpg = 23.5 l/100km
  9 mpg = 26.1 l/100km
 

Note that a lower number is better in l/100km (since it's fuel used to
travel a fixed distance), and the two inverse scales of mpg and l/100km
cross at roughly 15.3.

Why no one has ever developed a shorthand term for l/100km (like lpk or
something) escapes me...

For the original question, my '67 (same engine as the '66) in normal driving
gets about 11 mpg around town and 14 mpg on the open highway. Or about the
same as my modern Jeep...

Chris in LA
67 Crown
78 NYB Salon


On 9/22/06 5:38 PM, Klebert L. Hall at swampyankee@xxxxxxx wrote:

>> Subject: RE: IML: Fuel consumption in Imperial LeBaron 66
>> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:02:15 +0200
>> 
>> Hi imperialist !
>> 
>> I am close to have ready my recovered dreamcar in a few days and I ask =
>> myself how many mpg could it run. In this first round I have just =
>> updated sparks, wires, filters, oil and so on. The car looks very good =
>> but it was sleeping during some fifteen years. As the previous owner was =
>> died some years ago, I have nobody to ask about the consumption. Which =
>> are your experiences about?
> 
>    I've never had a '66, but my '62, '63, and '69 all achieved between 10
> and 15 miles per gallon depending upon conditions and how I drove them.
> Hopefully the English measures will be okay for you, I'm to muzzy-headed at
> the moment to try converting to km / litre.
> 
>      -Kle.
>      '69 Crown 4DHT
> 
> 
> 
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