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Jul 26, 2004 | 06:48 AM

pmh

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continuing to be amazed!!!

This is probably old news to most of you, but I'm sharing anyways. I just got back from a road trip to New York (from Detroit). I averaged 30 MPG!!! Man, 13's in the quarter and 30 MPG...that's to cool. The last time I had a car that'd run in the 13's, (1965 GTO that I owned back in 1987) it got about 10MPG. I'm impressed and pleased!

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Jul 26, 2004 | 08:32 AM

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That's awesome. I hope my car will get some mpg like that if I ever take it on a road trip. But with the damn New Mexico elevation taking away so much power, it'll probably end up closer to 20-25mpg range.

Jul 26, 2004 | 08:43 AM

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yea, thats why i chose the ls1 for my 68 firebird project, it is just an awesome motor!

Jul 26, 2004 | 09:34 AM

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Ya gotta love em, the best that i have gotten so far is 27mpg, i thought gas mileage was supposed to go down when you switch from 4 cylinders to 8

Jul 26, 2004 | 03:56 PM

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im still doin on avarage 20 mph (city/traffic/hwy)

what can I do to improve?

Jul 26, 2004 | 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by hitmeoff

im still doin on avarage 20 mph (city/traffic/hwy)

what can I do to improve?

It's all about your shift points..

Shift at 2-2.5K and skip gears when you can....

Jul 26, 2004 | 05:43 PM

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hah 20 average??? thats really good dude. I think i usually get around 17.5 and the highest on a road trip was about 25 mpg. Then again it would of been better if i didnt already have 60 miles used on the tank before the trip.