Need help with school project? 
Need help with school project?
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Besides whats been listed: lighter wheels, skinnier tires, smaller brakes, underdriven pulleys, AC off, windows up, freshly cleaned and waxed, clean air filter, fresh plugs, O2s in good working order, lower octane fuel if you can run it (ignites easier and more complete), I'd imagine headlights down may help if going fast enough. Drafting behind trucks (not recommended). Lighter flywheel may.
Lower RPM doesn't always mean better milage. Gotta find the sweet spot. 80-85 mph in 6th was where I got my best milage when stock. It was 30 mpg and I had a 125 mph run for a few miles on that tank too. Got to TX where the speed limit drops and I couldn't break 28 mpg.
Best ideas of all, only drive downhill, push it, get a mule to pull it, or mount a large electro magnet on the front and crank it up to attach to other cars allowing you to turn the engine off and cruise off their power. It would also allow you to let go when desired.
Lower RPM doesn't always mean better milage. Gotta find the sweet spot. 80-85 mph in 6th was where I got my best milage when stock. It was 30 mpg and I had a 125 mph run for a few miles on that tank too. Got to TX where the speed limit drops and I couldn't break 28 mpg.
Best ideas of all, only drive downhill, push it, get a mule to pull it, or mount a large electro magnet on the front and crank it up to attach to other cars allowing you to turn the engine off and cruise off their power. It would also allow you to let go when desired.
...i upgraded mine with some roller muffler bearings and i achieve 52 miles to the gallon... take that v-dub lol 
If you want to work with tire pressure:
1) Inflate your tires to stock specs. Find a near perfect straight away (its better to find a back road with very little traffic). Accelerate to speed 'X' and throw it in neutral at a MARKED point and coast to a given MARKED point and record your speed at that point
2)Repeat with underinflated tires.
3)Repeat with overinflated tires.
From there you can see which set is given you the most rolling resistance = worse gas milage. Or in your case, lease rolling resistance = better gas milage
Also (even though it will cost some money).
During the heat of the day, fill up at a gas stations and drive to another gas station a good distance away and figure out your mpg for that trip.
During the night, do the same and compare mpg hot v mpg cold.
OR
At night when there is little traffic, drive from one gas station to another driving 5 mph over the speed limit and record your mpg.
Drive back to the original gas stations, fill up again, and drive 5 mph under the speed limit to the gas station you filled up on the first trip and record your mpg.
So there's 3 ideas for you
1) tire pressure
2) air temperature
3) speed
I hope that helps. If any of that made no sense or if you have any questions, feel free to PM me
1) Inflate your tires to stock specs. Find a near perfect straight away (its better to find a back road with very little traffic). Accelerate to speed 'X' and throw it in neutral at a MARKED point and coast to a given MARKED point and record your speed at that point
2)Repeat with underinflated tires.
3)Repeat with overinflated tires.
From there you can see which set is given you the most rolling resistance = worse gas milage. Or in your case, lease rolling resistance = better gas milage
Also (even though it will cost some money).
During the heat of the day, fill up at a gas stations and drive to another gas station a good distance away and figure out your mpg for that trip.
During the night, do the same and compare mpg hot v mpg cold.
OR
At night when there is little traffic, drive from one gas station to another driving 5 mph over the speed limit and record your mpg.
Drive back to the original gas stations, fill up again, and drive 5 mph under the speed limit to the gas station you filled up on the first trip and record your mpg.
So there's 3 ideas for you
1) tire pressure
2) air temperature
3) speed
I hope that helps. If any of that made no sense or if you have any questions, feel free to PM me
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A clean uncluttered car.. good TP.. good plugs, wires, air filter, free flowing intake, exhaust. Seafoam!!! Ported and polished TB, Smooth Belows, Lid...
... thats about it.. lol
... thats about it.. lol