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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 02:44 PM
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I couldnt find anything in the section that listed Stall and MPG. If you guys would, could you give me your STALL/MPG CITY-HIGHWAY/MPG AVG. I think im averaging about 15 MPG 50% city 50% highway. It doesnt shift til about 2500 with light driving anything after 1-2 shift. Im wanting to know if there is something wrong. Before the stall I was averaging about 19 city/highway w/the mods in the sig. Thanks for the help!
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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 03:06 PM
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3800 fuddle with stock 17's getting 68 miles out of a 1/4 of gas!! Just got new o2 sensor which helped
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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 03:09 PM
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sounds about what I get, and it is even less when its 100% city, but its not just the stall, its the cam too, I got better MPG when I just had the stall and no cam
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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 03:09 PM
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It is the price/trade off in the quest for performance. Something must give. In this case its city fuel mileage.
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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 03:10 PM
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My dad's WS6 with the B1 cam and full bolt ons with 3.23 gears and the 3500 stall and gets 17 intown and has done 26 on the highway quite a bit.

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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 03:14 PM
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My dad's WS6 with the B1 cam and full bolt ons with 3.23 gears and the 3500 stall and gets 17 intown and has done 26 on the highway quite a bit.

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I was doing ok till I read that. HOW?! Does he just baby it til its up to speed?
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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 03:22 PM
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I've noticed very little difference in easing it up to speed or just giving it the gas. WOT is when mine sucks the gas
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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 03:25 PM
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I was doing ok till I read that. HOW?! Does he just baby it til its up to speed?
He is old Does not floor it to much on the street, mostly at the track!!

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deadmanTA, what RPMs does yours shift at, and can you guesstimate a throttle %, maybe I'm still a lil hard on it, but its very hard for me to get it to shift at any other gear than 1-2 shift, lower than 2500RPM's. Thanks
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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 05:32 PM
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I average 16 -18mpg after the converter was installed. I was 18-20 before the converter. If traffic cooperates it's about 75% highway, 25% city...if it doesn't, it's a 50/50 split. I have my converter lock in 3rd gear around 35-40mph and keep it in 3rd until I'm doing over 50pmh. It keeps the converter locked more which keeps the temps down and keeps the rpm's down which ups the gas mileage. With an unlocked converter I'm usually doing about 2500-3000rpms to get moving and keep up with traffic. (TCS 4200 converter...)
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I get bad in city driving...but my HWY MPG were 22.8 - 24.6 when I just drove to KY from FL averaging 80+MPH. It is hard to say what my city driving is because I am unable to keep my foot out of it...just so dayum tempting.
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i checked mine last week and its still 20! in stop and go traffic! no highway milage yet thow
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