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Re: First Engine to reach 63.69% Economy

PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 5:03 am
by Pleb
You click on "Upload attachment", choose the .LUA file named after your engine in Documents\Automation\Engines and upload it, then click submit!

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Re: First Engine to reach 63.69% Economy

PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 4:35 pm
by isomgmsghs
ok, and its not that hard to make, just make the worst engine possible.

Re: First Engine to reach 63.69% Economy

PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 4:36 am
by vmo
The biggest bug in Automation (the latest version) is this: I've make a engine with 7.45% of efficiency, but needs only (installed in a car) 0.89l/100km (lol!), but with other engine with the same number of cylinders, type of cam, materials... with a efficiency of 35.6%, reaches a fuel consumption of 4.6l/100km (and this engine is a bit lighter!).

I'm searching the engine file to post here.

Re: First Engine to reach 63.69% Economy

PostPosted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:45 am
by isomgmsghs
I think fuel consumption determines on efficiency and TQ to HP ratio with the least amount of air coming into the engine with minimal effort and resistance.

Re: First Engine to reach 63.73% Economy - 5/21/2015

PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2015 11:07 am
by SamSheepDoq
isomgmsghs wrote:I think fuel consumption determines on efficiency and TQ to HP ratio with the least amount of air coming into the engine with minimal effort and resistance.


Fuel consumption is based on how much fuel is used to make one horsepower for one hour. In my engine, 0.198 lbs of fuel is used to make one horsepower per hour. The key to getting cars to have good fuel economy is to look at the green line on the graph in the engine designer. The lowest point on that graph is the engine's most fuel efficient point, and usually is where your car should cruise along sipping fuel. If that point is too high, say something like 0.550 lb/hph at 3,500 RPM, you should gear the car for a lower RPM when cruising. It seems that most of my cars love to drive around 1,800-2,200 RPM at 65-75 mph (105-120 km/h).

Re: Highest Engine Fuel Efficiency - 5/21/2015

PostPosted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 2:33 am
by FlyingRabbit
I just made engine with 63.84% fuel economy but uses Ultimate fuel, does it counts?

Re: Highest Engine Fuel Efficiency - 5/21/2015

PostPosted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 4:49 pm
by chlumsky
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This is just the engine I put in my Derrick MK1 SUV
I could possibly make it more efficient

viewtopic.php?f=35&t=6268&start=30#p78519
link for the SUV, it got 30 mpg (6.720417 liters per 100 km) and weighed 3800 pounds (1727.27 kilos) on premium