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RE: gas milleage sucks a lot.... - 4/6/2007 12:06:53 AM
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HurricaneStang
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Well the muffler welding pry wouldnt help that wouldnt be the main problem for the bad mileage. What type of gas do you use? The manual recommends 87 but i would use 89-91. When driving do you drive windows up or down? Using the a/c with the windows up saves more gas. Also the hard acceleration of course will burn the gas up so just accelerate at a slower-moderate pace and that should help a bit. Plus check your intake to see if its really dirty, if it is then replace it.
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RE: gas milleage sucks a lot.... - 4/6/2007 12:09:02 AM
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yomofoitzjay
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thanks dude...im not hundred perecent sure what i use..i get the regular one..also i heard ac is bad for gas milleage ..maybe im wrong...thanks though
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RE: gas milleage sucks a lot.... - 4/6/2007 12:33:17 AM
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Dwisforme05
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A/c does use gas but it wouldnt make that severe of a difference unless its on full blast and your windows are wide open lol i drive my car pretty hard and i get about 16.5-17 to the gallon. i avoid ac at all costs.
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RE: gas milleage sucks a lot.... - 4/6/2007 1:08:54 AM
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outastockjohn
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ac was put in cars to help gas mileage to keep drag off the rear window. maybe keep an eye on your rpm when you are up to speed. i noticed that when i keep the car below 2k i get 18.5.. before i got dual flowmasters on i was driving at 2k or higher and only getting 17. i keep it below 2k so that im not droning . just a thought
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RE: gas milleage sucks a lot.... - 4/6/2007 1:17:03 AM
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05gtdriver
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I thought the V-6 got waaaaay better gas mileage than a GT. I do mainly city street driving and get 16-18mpg, on the freeway it's over 20(24-25 if all freeway driving and at least 27 on a long freeway trip). Yeah, you gotta accelerate easy from a dead stop and putting higher octane gas without a tune is just wasting $$$$$$.
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RE: gas milleage sucks a lot.... - 4/6/2007 2:09:36 AM
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Here on Long Island the gas in winter contains 10% ethanol and that hurts mileage.Around town and getting on it hurts too.
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RE: gas milleage sucks a lot.... - 4/6/2007 9:25:25 AM
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feejay
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Ethanol, cold weather, fouled plugs, hard driving, dirty filters, etc... any of these would cause a drop off in your gas mileage but that sounds like you should get it in for a tuneup.
I drive mine mostly city driving, but I get 16-19 around town and 24-28 on the highway at 75mph. The higher ranges are if I really baby it and shift early, accelerate slowly, etc. Can't say I do that very often though. 
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RE: gas milleage sucks a lot.... - 4/6/2007 9:58:18 AM
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billybix76
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I dont know what i am doing that is so different, but I was getting a consistent 200 miles to a half tank right from the showroom floor which shows up at 25mpg all around and got a high mark on a 175mile straight 60mph run with cruise on at 30.6 mpg....I baby it and shift (manual) at 2000-2500 rpm and try my best to rpm match on all downshifts. I thought it might be running lean before i put on my tune but I am now running with Brent's 87 xcal2 tune with C & L CAI and getting same as before the tune.....maybe the difference is in your tranny...
For every thing there is a season, a time to burn out and a time to avoid a ticket.....
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RE: gas milleage sucks a lot.... - 4/6/2007 10:27:55 AM
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I say this on all gas related questions. Are you reseting the MPG on the message center on each fillup? I didn't the first 1000 miles and it hardly changed. Everyone is right. Gas pedal/heavy right foot makes a big difference. Hilly terrain also. I do alot of city/hills and it's 16-19mpg. Highway & hills 22-24 & highway best 28.2. Fill it up, hit the reset and go for a nice country cruise, you should be in the 22+ w/an easy right foot.
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RE: gas milleage sucks a lot.... - 4/6/2007 11:55:10 AM
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feejay
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I dont have the IUP so I still calculate MPG the old fashioned way. Typical around town is 250 miles (17mpg) on a tank. Best highway drive was 360 miles (25.7) on a tank. I have gotten better on some shorter highway drives.
I have had spotty success with on-board mpg calculators in other cars, the old way is still the best way IMHO.
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