that's an impressive gain! 
LT's What was your MPG before and afte???
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LT's What was your MPG before and afte??? Interested in putting LTs on my car cause i can get them cheep and i've put on 5 sets so its no prob. The only thing i am worried about is the drop in gas milage. I dont want to spend the cash to have it tuned after the install. How much will they affect my MPG?
98 TA A4, lid, catback 3.23s
98 TA A4, lid, catback 3.23s
I didnt get my car tuned, but I had the code deleted for the rear O2's so the car isnt running pig rich.
Honestly, my mpg stayed around the same. I went from 20.xxx to 21. Thats all city driving, but the gain gas mileage wise was minimal.
Honestly, my mpg stayed around the same. I went from 20.xxx to 21. Thats all city driving, but the gain gas mileage wise was minimal.
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i know mine runs richer because its untuned, but even if it was tuned i doubt it made it better because i cant keep my foot out of the gas now.
maybe if somebody else drove it the mileage would be better, but the sound is going to make you not care about the mileage.
maybe if somebody else drove it the mileage would be better, but the sound is going to make you not care about the mileage.
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Originally Posted by TheBlurLS1
MPG? WTF is that? I get GPM! 
my old school sbc street/strip turd gen did get around 5 mpg until i changed carb setups,now it's a whopping 9-10. needless to say it hasn't been driven in a while. 
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I have had headers and ory into a flowmaster and m6...my mileage is about the same..except you really DO get on it more to hear the ssoundsss ......SOOO...you really have to try it yourself..everyone drives different. 
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Well the car is just transportation. It is pretty loud now and i dont get on it much at all. It has !cats and a unrestrictive cat back. I really dont care how fast this car is, I was just wondering if it would help with mpg. I'll soon be driving over 500 miles per week and i could get a set of headers for cheap.
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Well the car is just transportation. It is pretty loud now and i dont get on it much at all. It has !cats and a unrestrictive cat back. I really dont care how fast this car is, I was just wondering if it would help with mpg. I'll soon be driving over 500 miles per week and i could get a set of headers for cheap.
All you would get out of them really is less ground clearance. Even though some headers tuck really well, you're still gonna lose some and IMO its not worth it if you arent trying to make your car faster.
Just my two cents though.
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I went ahead and picked them up. I usually get around 18mpg on a mixed mostly city dirving. On the Hwy i usually get 22, we'll see what happens. $250 for Hookers with ory is a good deal right?
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I went ahead and picked them up. I usually get around 18mpg on a mixed mostly city dirving. On the Hwy i usually get 22, we'll see what happens. $250 for Hookers with ory is a good deal right?
use to only be able to get 250 out of a full tank, now with a tune and LTs i get 300 out of a full tank even when i do some WOT pulls messing around. and thats through a 3 inch cutout in the I pipe.
