http://i.imgur.com/DtdPlNO.jpgI did just get 160 mpg.
As a bit of a hint, Strop you’re using the wrong body.
From screwing around with the .Lua files, I imagine that the best body is the not-CRX, due to it’s extremely low Cd?
I’ll try it, but it’s not what i’m using.
Are you guys running any cooling for the engine? I was running the bare minimum to keep the engine cool.
zero cooling.
Oh, I’m running minimum cooling. Makes a little difference. Also the fact I was trying out a brick 
Lower drag body it is then!
You have to appreciate the cars that get 160mpg+, but break down in 75 miles due to lack of cooling 
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LOL yeah [size=85]and also rack up $70000 and 1000+ production units in build costs[/size]
Got it down to 1.36L/100km.
Which is about:
173 miles per uk gallons.
or
207.7 miles per us gallons.
Lol that’s awesome.
Actually now genuinely curious as to your approach, purely in the case I ever want to build a cheap eco car… Or even run an ultra eco challenge…
CRX body.
+15 most sliders.
Smallest I4 possible, tuned for maximum efficiency (stayed NA)
105s all corners.
Everything tuned to reduce weight, so smallest brakes, no safety, -15 interior, 4 speed gearbox.
And no cooling. Does 1.48L/100km with enough cooling to have the reliability higher than zero.
The car costs like 100000$ to make.
Surprisingly, even though it only has ~25 hp, it has 23 sportiness.
Probably because it’s so damn light. A quick look at the detailed stats would be quite revealing.
In low powered cars, the drag becomes a defining feature of the economy calculations then!
Sorry for the very crappy crop.
Edit: It says 1.48 L/100km because I added some cooling so the engine has more than 0 reliability. Putting the slider at zero brings it to the values I quoted earlier.
Hm, I don’t know how on earth you managed to get over 200mpg US with no ventilation! (But I’m not very good at configuring cars with 0 ventilation).
Instead, I have one with a positive engine reliability (0.7) that does 1.39L/100km, or 169.3mpg, but no way can I get that tune to over 200mpg ever!
Interestingly enough, it’s… much more powerful, and pretty quick too, what with a power:weight ratio of about 160hp:tonne. And if I sacrifice about 0.3mpg to put in larger wheels (13" instead of 10"), my car goes… a lot faster around Nordschleife (9:32.87 to be precise!)… sacrifice another 0.4mpg to make them 16" rims and it goes to 9:26.76 
There’s potential for something possibly interesting here… stay tuned, I’m going to set something up.
I find 8 gears is more economical than 4.
you’re right, using 8 gears, I got my build up to 189.1mpg with 0.5 reliability… absolutely hilarious top speed gearing of 834km/h though
(build year 2015 btw)
Sorry for the crappy printscreen, but I made this in the demo…
252.4 MPG (UK)
210.2 MPG (US)
1.12 lt/100km
This could probably be beaten with a lighter/more aerodynamic body, but for now…
Oh and this is my first post, after over a year of lurking…
Well, I’m really impressed!
(Also, since I’m not very good at tuning low-end power engines, how did you get 10.8hp @ 2000rpm?
Err, Minimum fuel mixture (15.0:1), Maximum ignition timing, and low cam profile. Im not really sure why I set it to 2000rpm, I think it was for reliability, but without cooling, what’s the point.
Maybe I’ve been setting my max RPM too high… currently the engine I use revs all the way to 12k rpm without breaking a sweat