There is a proverb " Every Dog has a day" , Of course it has been my days for the past 2 days.
what i did : Bought a Manza car, while driving tested its mileage, found its more than the certified (21.2 by A.R.A.I ), called Tata motors, call magazine people and tested many times, got 27, 31, 39, 24, 40.26 kmpl respectively, Once the magazine plotted my best of 40.26 kmpl to 39 kmpl (rs. 1/ km caption as the diesel price during that time was Rs.39/- ),
The same has been reported to limca book of records, they have send me the guidelines and we did the test as per their norms, luckily or unluckily that day the another test conducted for the same yield 46.329 kmpl which i have submitted to limca book of records and they certified it after an year :)
during that time petrol price was around 50 and diesel was around 39, i conducted an individual press meet in palakkad to inform people that i am getting mileage when i am driving slowly at 1500 rpm and ask them to release the same.. but it was total flop as no recognition from limca and no official press release from the manufacturer..
it was a lone battle, when other blog started telling "my magical foot", as an engineer i started studying on how it has come true to me; i am one like you, i dont have any special foot or magical power, may be the practice on maintaining constant rpm may be the different from u, but it has a very very important role in fuel efficiency
finally i observed this in my car
at an rpm somewhere around 1440, the FE of the Vehicle is higher and at low rpm (especially idling and driving low speed at top gears) FE is decreasing rapidly. even when u switch over to higher rpm also its is reducing but will gain if u come down ( from 2000 rpm to 1500 rpm). Driving at this rpm is a different speed (lower side) on petrol engine , so that while you test in standard condition with the same speed (for petrol and diesel), the FE is less for petrol(due to high rpm, coz of spark plug and fuel property). That is the basic reason why diesl car are more efficient than petrol. if u ask me what is the best option to get this mileage is addition of another 1 or 2 gears for petrol.
I know many are eager to know how limca test certification is done an on what document support
what i did : Bought a Manza car, while driving tested its mileage, found its more than the certified (21.2 by A.R.A.I ), called Tata motors, call magazine people and tested many times, got 27, 31, 39, 24, 40.26 kmpl respectively, Once the magazine plotted my best of 40.26 kmpl to 39 kmpl (rs. 1/ km caption as the diesel price during that time was Rs.39/- ),
during that time petrol price was around 50 and diesel was around 39, i conducted an individual press meet in palakkad to inform people that i am getting mileage when i am driving slowly at 1500 rpm and ask them to release the same.. but it was total flop as no recognition from limca and no official press release from the manufacturer..
it was a lone battle, when other blog started telling "my magical foot", as an engineer i started studying on how it has come true to me; i am one like you, i dont have any special foot or magical power, may be the practice on maintaining constant rpm may be the different from u, but it has a very very important role in fuel efficiency
finally i observed this in my car
at an rpm somewhere around 1440, the FE of the Vehicle is higher and at low rpm (especially idling and driving low speed at top gears) FE is decreasing rapidly. even when u switch over to higher rpm also its is reducing but will gain if u come down ( from 2000 rpm to 1500 rpm). Driving at this rpm is a different speed (lower side) on petrol engine , so that while you test in standard condition with the same speed (for petrol and diesel), the FE is less for petrol(due to high rpm, coz of spark plug and fuel property). That is the basic reason why diesl car are more efficient than petrol. if u ask me what is the best option to get this mileage is addition of another 1 or 2 gears for petrol.
I know many are eager to know how limca test certification is done an on what document support
There it is
Now what????
Limca certified it after one year
After Limca Book certification, things changed... Tata Motors Felicitated Me, and they had their Press Release on internet and its knocking all reputed media, also in the first page of yahoo...
whats the Effect??
1) 37% Appreciate and Balance 63% criticize
of course it is a shame on our country there has been always controversy and critics over anything u do??
Can I ask u one thing, what wrong i did?, i never posted it in yahoo, google, their source is from the manufacturer itself, and public want to know the following answers
1) Am I paid by Tata Motors for their ad or publicity
Ans: Not at all, In fact i have spend my time of 3-6 months and amount of Rs.5,000 from my pocket for the test runs (fuel bills)
2) Do i claim 46.33 kmpl on Manza??
Ans: No, No guarantee, the mileage is based on road conditions, driving technique, fuel, and vehicle design and weight, it goes on
Mileage can be 20, 30, 40 y not even 50 based on road..
have u imagined of 100 kmpl????, (how come nah, u r already criticizing for 46, what if it was 100.. lol)
This is not a fake pic, see this inside a toyota car
At 1440 rpm it is showing instant mileage of 99.9 kmpl
I had seen many of them challenging me to ride in city, traffic blocks, tolls, signals through blogs and mails. So u must know one thing, if i am not getting 40 kmpl or if i am getting only 15-20 kmpl it is not a machine made error. Its u and me called public who is creating traffic jams, accidents and unwanted blocks due to indiscipline and unfollowed traffic rules and guidelines. so what u must understand is that we are the main culprits for fuel efficiency loss and we should rectify it, so that the machine delivers mileages. This test ensured that mileage can be achieved in a road having vehicles, so u must accept 40 + kmpl is always on.
Manza has limitation, it will show only upto an Average of 25.0 kmpl , so DIS pic cannot be taken for the same, never mind see at least 25, still its 3.8 kmpl more than what its is certified
( Images inside My Tata Indigo Manza, even after running 38,000, i am getting a better FE, sorry Manza will not show anything more than 25 kmpl as average and instant- This is taken on June 1st 2011)
3) How to minimize traffic blocks, accidents?
Ans: Simple you road track line separation should be based on speed instead of vehicle size (2-wheeler, auto/bus/lorry, cars)
A car is a 4-wheeler, it can be a fiat padmini or a BMW or Manza, imagine first track got scooter on extreme left and lorry on middle and a fiat padmini or car on the extreme right, fiat is driving at 45 kmpl(old car nah) and a bmw is behind him, definitely to over take him what he does????, he will over take through left, thats all its against rule and u may sometime end up in accident. An individuals assault or careless or indiscipline is effecting others. No one is patient, No one is following rules means what???.. yes its called Traffic Jam/Block or Accident.
Because of the traffic block alone, the mileage achieved in same car of 46.33 can come to even 25 or less.. infact many time it happened . i was frustrated.
5) Any Message to public
Ans: yes, see i am not here to claim a best driver or a record winner, thanks to record, because of that now u may read this,, My intention is very very clear, awareness of fuel efficiency about the best fuel efficiency you can get
why??.. coz we are facing threats by fuel price hike and its scarcity, we need to conserve it, so use it wisely by ur role on and off the vehicle on the road.
what it does ??.... if an individual can get 22.22 (just 2.22 km more) than their current average, say 20 kmpl, for 100 km run, you are saving half litre of fuel, imagine if individual saves 0.5 litres per lacs of car you are saving 182.5 crores litres of fuel every year. imagine how many lacs of car u have, and amount of emission reduced based on that??
People thinking of Alternative fuel????
Hydrogen - we are facing water scarcity already,need more???
Ethanol - need petrol as calorific value is less
Electricity - forget it use it for some basic needs
Jetropa - oops, land and building nation were farmers are less, who will cultivate??
Waste - yes there you are,, but what is petrol and diesel ( decomposition of organic matters, isn't a waste)
so conserve petrol and diesel, automatically it will get topped up
I am sorry if my post is hurting anyone personally or officially, my intentions are very very clear once again, i have run the car to 46.33 kmpl and got the record, but i never claim that is the average my car always does, but it can be for u and me, if we desire
so friends, who want to know about what modifications i did , down hill method, bullock cart and difference b/w car, scooter and by- cycle, Now you should realize i dont need any , coz with this i am getting atleast an average mileage of 28-30 kmpl , for running 39,000 + km so far..
Many R & D can be done for the betterment, even i am working on it for you and me
Wishing the Best for Fuel Conservation
