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Old Oct 16, 2012 | 04:11 PM
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Looking to see what anyone with about the same mods as me is averaging on gas mileage? City and Hwy?
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Looking to see what anyone with about the same mods as me is averaging on gas mileage? City and Hwy?
I dont have those mods, nor have i built one yet. But from my research ive seen people with slightly larger cams that get 15-22 mpg.
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 05:49 PM
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I got a similar setup and I get 20 on the highway and 15 in town, it could be better but all I have is a mail order tune so I'm sure it could be better
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I have a slightly more aggressive H/C/I setup on mine. I usually see 15 city - 24 hwy.
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Thanks for the reply. I must have some issues. Maybe O2 sensors. I'm only getting around 11 to 12 City with driving normal.
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10mpg city or hwy if I'm lucky!
Trading it in for a volt lol!
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There are a lot of things that can negatively affect mileage besides the O2's.

Driving habits are the biggest. If you romp on it a bit, or even accelerate fast and do in town driving, I would say your mileage may not be that far off from where it should be with your setup.

Here are a few other things to check that will make a difference on mlieage;

Oil change
Tire pressure
Fuel filter change (this one is often overlooked and can be big if not done regularly)
Air filter
Spark plugs
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I get bottom teens in town and just shy of 20mpg highway. An fbody should be a tad better due to weight and aero advantages
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I get bottom teens in town and just shy of 20mpg highway. An fbody should be a tad better due to weight and aero advantages
good enough for a roadtrip to mokan?
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I go to Mokan fairly often

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Im from fayetteville, weve met before...lol
id like to make another trip up before its too cold
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A big issue that a lot of stalled cars over look as well is converter lock up timing. I had my 4,000 stall set to lock up at 35mph. That made a big difference. The only downside that I had for it locking up so early was the converter would unlock at around 50 mph & would lock back up around 52 or 53 if I was driving normally. A small price to pay for big gains in city driving. Plus after a little bit you don't even notice it anymore.
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I set my converter lockup to 50mph. The annoyance of the lower speed behavior outweighed the possible economy gains to me.



I would like to hit Mokan again as soon as they start running Sundays, Friday nights is too much of a pain.
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Originally Posted by CALL911
I have a slightly more aggressive H/C/I setup on mine. I usually see 15 city - 24 hwy.
im going to be running a set up just like yours, except i think im going to get an EPS custom grind cam to match the TEA/TFS 215cc heads. And im gonna run TD's. hoping to get the same hp and same mpg as you
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Originally Posted by CALL911
There are a lot of things that can negatively affect mileage besides the O2's.

Driving habits are the biggest. If you romp on it a bit, or even accelerate fast and do in town driving, I would say your mileage may not be that far off from where it should be with your setup.

Here are a few other things to check that will make a difference on mlieage;

Oil change
Tire pressure
Fuel filter change (this one is often overlooked and can be big if not done regularly)
Air filter
Spark plugs



Yeah did all that already. I will clean the Maf and also change out the O2 sensor tomorrow. The O2's have never been changed. I bought the Denso O2 sensors today so I'm hoping that helps out a little bit. LOL
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I do great on the highway. 23-24mpg. Around town. Well I play with it a bit so the gas guage pulls back pretty quick. But if I can manage to keep my foot out of it it does ok.
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Originally Posted by BKsNHRA
I do great on the highway. 23-24mpg. Around town. Well I play with it a bit so the gas guage pulls back pretty quick. But if I can manage to keep my foot out of it it does ok.


Are you running stock converter?
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