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Old 11-13-2007, 12:09 AM
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i have a 98 TA A4... it gives me round 235 mptank.... wut mods or anything i can do to improve this???

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235 mpg!?


I can't get that on a moped!
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you have a moped?





CAI + free flowing exhaust should help
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^^^Well if I did.....
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tune up maybe?
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no other ideas? and i mean wut are u guys getin for ur miles per tank?
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I get about 300 out of a tank. A little more or a little less depending on how I've been driving
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i get 250 in town and over 350 on highway (somewhere round 28 mpg...yes in an A4)...cruise set on 75...2.73s FTW<-- soon to go


cold air intake
free(er) flowin exhaust
tune up

and this....tie one end to stearing wheel...other to the toe of your shoe
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260-380 depends on how and where i drive
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200 per tank here with a very free flowing exhaust and a tuneup. this is pure city driving. kinda low, not sure why.
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350 and up in city and alittle over 400 on the highway
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350 and up in city
In what city?
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best i saw was 24mpg in my car, driving to york PA, mostly highway back when i had 4.11 gears in a 9" rear.sat in some philly traffic for a lil before i got to the PA Turnpike. i filled up once i got into york to check my mileage. it only took 6 or 7 gallons
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mines a DD 200mi 1\4 tank left 10 gallons city hiway gets me 19 to 21 mpg. i couldn't be happier.
25+ highway, driving it like i stole it.
miles per tank? why worry, whats the MPG?
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I just pulled 28 MPG on the way back home from Blairsville PA to Columbus OH.
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DANG I would give anything to have gas mileage like any of those. My tune must be out of wack because im not even getting 200 mile out of a tank normal driving .. I **HOPE** my tune up on thursday can help this because 11-13 mpg with gas what it is now is not gonna cut it
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11- 13 MPG is whack. There's definetely something that needs changed. I'm setting in the high 300 rwhp range and I'm still pulling amazing mileage. The guy that tuned my car knows his stuff.
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Miles per tank is a meaningless number. What's your mpg?? I run high 20's highway and low 20's local and I don't baby my 98 Formula. I have a lid and magnaflow exhaust. Poor Tune-up and driving style can cut this in half or worse.
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Why is miles per tank a meaningless number? It tells you how miles you drove before needing to fill up again? Same as miles per gallon x gallons of a tank.....
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I had a 99z with lm1 catback,ls6 w/ egr intake, slp maf, smooth bellow, slp lid with fra mod,msd 8.5 superconductors, tr55 plugs,p/p t/b, stock y and no headers on an M6
when i drove to indy I got 440 to the tank and 320 around town with my foot out of it
(key phrase, with foot out of it)


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