Re: IML: Imperial fuel consumption

[Bob Zubkowski <bzubkow@xxxxxxx>]

The British gallon is 4.5 liters the American gallon is 4 liters. I do have 
a conversion chart that was produced here by the Canadian Government and is 
very easy to use. If someone would like a copy of this I can scan it in and 
send to the club. Also remember that it is hard to get the proper size tires 
which were larger so I thin the odometer reading may be off.
Zub
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher H" <imperial67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "IML (main)" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Imperial fuel consumption


> 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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