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03-02-2007, 01:15 PM
#61
Originally Posted by 02silvaZ
i pulled 380 one time driving from jacksonville to miami on I-95 at night
03-02-2007, 01:17 PM
#62
Originally Posted by torlak_t
so whats my problem? i can only pull 175 - 180 with a full tank! ive ordered new plugs and msd wires and will buy 02 sensors. do you think they will increase my mileage??
03-02-2007, 01:21 PM
#63
Originally Posted by Ripper415
i thought more air mods INCREASED gas milage. pretty much everyone who bought a cai kit like the ftra reported better gas milage....well except chocotaco for some weird reason if i remember correctly.
they do!!! i have the fast toys kit, slp lid, k&n filter, smoothe bellow, minus MAF screen and the vara ram TB velocity stacker and tb bypass. plus full exhaust and proper tuning. the engine works at ease on the highway.
03-02-2007, 01:24 PM
#64
Originally Posted by miamifan3413
Maybe not BS... I get about 280 miles to a tank w/ mixed driving.....Highway only I got 410 to a tank going about 70mph....by the way my o2's only have about 8,000 miles on em so they are pretty new.....I saw 40 miles extra to a tank w/ the new o2's 
03-02-2007, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by 02silvaZ
98 = 15.6
99-up = 16.8
99-up = 16.8
i have a 98 and i defintily remember putting in just over 15 gallons at the pump a couple times. i had no idea i was cutting it that close...
but now i have a racetronix fuel pump and never let it go lower than half tank b4 refilling
as far as mileage goes if i remember right i was getting about 250ish or so, mixed driving, but no city driving, highway and suburbs. A4 with 2.73's
can't tell ya right now cuz the car is in the garage until buffalo stops dumping snow everywhere
03-02-2007, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by FU_I_AM_UltraZ
they do!!! i have the fast toys kit, slp lid, k&n filter, smoothe bellow, minus MAF screen and the vara ram TB velocity stacker and tb bypass. plus full exhaust and proper tuning. the engine works at ease on the highway.
03-02-2007, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Justin00SS
How do you know what your mpg was if you don't know how far you went or how big your tank is? 
Because at the time I calculated it when I filled up, and it was almost a year ago. All I remember from it was the mpg I got. It was 27.3-something. I don't remember how far I went, but it was something like 300 miles. Not a full tank, but I was driving with someone else and they ran out of gas, so we both stopped. I do believe the A/C was on about half of the time too. I was really surprised.
03-02-2007, 07:15 PM
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i would believe 400+ miles to a tank. when i drove from Panama Beach Florida to Myrtle Beach South Carolina to Evansville Indiana, and then all the **** to Sacramento California, only stopped twice to rest for a couple hours i got suprising great gas milage in my A4. I drove WELL over 4K miles in 6 days with 5-6 hours of sleep haha. i was doing 70-130 all the way 
BTW i was getting 400+ miles to a tank easy, if i wouldve let it get below 1/4 tank it wouldve been 450.
BTW i was getting 400+ miles to a tank easy, if i wouldve let it get below 1/4 tank it wouldve been 450.
03-02-2007, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by miamifan3413
I don't agree here.....more air flow means more fuel, plain & simple
With more power, the engine can breathe freely, so in turn does not have to work as hard to push the car, compared to being choked out with the stock stuff.
Its not uncommon for guys with an Intake, Full Exhaust and Tune (intake,headers and exhaust with tune) to get the same, if not more miles per gallon then they did before.
03-02-2007, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by burnzilla
Not true.
With more power, the engine can breathe freely, so in turn does not have to work as hard to push the car, compared to being choked out with the stock stuff.
Its not uncommon for guys with an Intake, Full Exhaust and Tune (intake,headers and exhaust with tune) to get the same, if not more miles per gallon then they did before.
With more power, the engine can breathe freely, so in turn does not have to work as hard to push the car, compared to being choked out with the stock stuff.
Its not uncommon for guys with an Intake, Full Exhaust and Tune (intake,headers and exhaust with tune) to get the same, if not more miles per gallon then they did before.
03-02-2007, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ShevrolayZ28
Except there's this thing called air/fuel ratio. The PCM asures that with an increase in air flow is met with a proportionate increase in fuel. Them's the rules folks.
However when you get on it you use more gas then you would stock.
This is something that I noticed on my camaro and my v6 mustang when I put the cai on it.
Normal driving = more mpg
Spirited driving = less mpg but you go faster.
Of course the differences are nominal.
I dunno about headers increasing mpg but lid + tune def could or at least gain some lost mpg back.
03-02-2007, 09:35 PM
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I'm almost full bolt ons and I'm A4. I get about 190-200 miles/tank in city driving. I haven't tried highway driving yet. My city driving went down quite a bit, before the stall and the 3.42 I used to get 260-280 miles/tank city driving. It doesn't help that I can't seem to stop flooring the car ever since I have a Yank stall and 3.42 gear.
03-02-2007, 09:37 PM
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I was diving from the south west border Louisiana near beaumont to memphis tn and I was gettin better mpg than my fiance with her 05 honda accord v6 . I was goin like 430 mile to a tank this is when the car had a lid and exhaust. My fiance was pissed
03-02-2007, 11:05 PM
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I ran my car below E yeasterday by accident and had 254 miles, needless to say thats the most I've had, wish i had the bigger tank or 6 speed, and all i have is a lid and cutout and thats about 75% highway at 65
03-02-2007, 11:24 PM
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My dads little Honda that he runs back and forth from Atlanta to Jaxonville dosent even get 500 miles to the gallon, and thats a honda crx hf the " best fuel efficient car as they say", but hey 45mpg is pretty damn good. My 98 ss with almost full bolt ons and different gears only gets 250-275 if im lucky, And i will ONLY run 93 octane or higer in that car.