4.10's and gas prices
#1
4.10's and gas prices
ok i got the 4.10's put on yesterday and im pickin up my car a little later, how bad will 4.10's really be on gas? and just out of curiousity how much does it cost to fill up your tanks and how often do ya do it, is $40 to fill mine i do it about once a week, prices in south jersey are 2.83 a gallon.
#2
With 4.10's you will have a mechanical adavantage from a stop. With the gears, they will be doing more of the work to get your car going from a stop, thus your engine using less gas to make it go. HWY is different, sometimes good MPG and sometimes bad. With my 5.4 and 3.73's, i can get about 310-320 miles on a tank. I get 93 all the time, and have to with the tune, but i pay about the same as you,but I use 93 and it's $2.76 a gallon here.
Of course if you get on it, the MPG will suck.
Of course if you get on it, the MPG will suck.
#7
Thanks i'm new to filling up gas in a car.....lol.
That's with a full tank, can't put no more gas in it but not running over. I can get half a tank and get around 150 or more miles. I usually only drive my car 3 or less times a week, but when i do, i put about 50 miles (+- miles) on her per day. Last week i put half a tank in there, needle straight up,over 7 gallons worth and got 155 miles on, and that's with the needle ontop of the empty line,not before the line. I do more city driving than HWY. With 366TQ to the wheels and 3.73 gears, the motor sits back while my gears do the work from a go. And i don't really get on it that much, here or there sometimes. no one tries to mess with me on the street for some reason.
That's with a full tank, can't put no more gas in it but not running over. I can get half a tank and get around 150 or more miles. I usually only drive my car 3 or less times a week, but when i do, i put about 50 miles (+- miles) on her per day. Last week i put half a tank in there, needle straight up,over 7 gallons worth and got 155 miles on, and that's with the needle ontop of the empty line,not before the line. I do more city driving than HWY. With 366TQ to the wheels and 3.73 gears, the motor sits back while my gears do the work from a go. And i don't really get on it that much, here or there sometimes. no one tries to mess with me on the street for some reason.
#9
Originally Posted by ex-ricer98gt
yea i messure about 15.5 and it lasts about 200 miles it sucks o well
#11
Originally Posted by ex-ricer98gt
im gettin a diablo tune in it to so do you think that will help?
#13
Originally Posted by ex-ricer98gt
93000 miles, should i replace any of them?
Also, i have 21lb injectors and a 255 fuel pump, just to meniton it.
If they cost to much, could go with OEM parts too, but usually they aren't to much cheaper.
#15
Originally Posted by ex-ricer98gt
i was going to get the msd coils and wires down the road anyway so now would be a good time to get them, how much would it help my motor?
With the new plugs, gapp them to .45
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I have the 04 GT, 4:10's, K&N FPIK, Diablow, and Catback, with 17x10.5 rears and 315's.
ive averaged about 20mpg city AND highway.
Thats is with regular driving, as in, the way you would drive an SUV or oldsmobile, as in, not hauling *** everywhere, but not driving like an old woman either. i guess i would day "moderate driving intensity"
ive averaged about 20mpg city AND highway.
Thats is with regular driving, as in, the way you would drive an SUV or oldsmobile, as in, not hauling *** everywhere, but not driving like an old woman either. i guess i would day "moderate driving intensity"
#21
i got either 27 or 32 mpg in my moms stock 04 v6 from dallas to oklahoma....bout 3 hr drive...dont know the miles....
cruise control was all i used
im pretty sure it was 32....but 27 is also im my head....
cruise control was all i used
im pretty sure it was 32....but 27 is also im my head....
#22
Originally Posted by TEXASPAUL
i got either 27 or 32 mpg in my moms stock 04 v6 from dallas to oklahoma....bout 3 hr drive...dont know the miles....
cruise control was all i used
im pretty sure it was 32....but 27 is also im my head....
cruise control was all i used
im pretty sure it was 32....but 27 is also im my head....
#23
In my car when I fist got it had 23k on it and barely got 200 miles to the about 12.5 - 14 gallons I would put in when I fill up. Since I've been modifying the car the milage has steadily improved. The biggest boost in milage was suprisingly enough form my 3.73 rear gears. It must be the fact that I'm in 5th more often or something, but i get anywhere from 230 - 250 miles out of the same 12.5 - 14 gallons now. High way milage only dropped about 1 mpg or so, but aroud town increased quite a bit. Of course a guy I met at a car show once with a 97 convertable Cobra told me that originally the 96 - 98 Cobras were suposed to have 3.73's form factory, but the big wigs at Ford vetoed that so they got the same 3.27's as the GT. Might be true, might not, who knows. Hope this helps.
#26
Originally Posted by Iceman12
In my car when I fist got it had 23k on it and barely got 200 miles to the about 12.5 - 14 gallons I would put in when I fill up. Since I've been modifying the car the milage has steadily improved. The biggest boost in milage was suprisingly enough form my 3.73 rear gears. It must be the fact that I'm in 5th more often or something, but i get anywhere from 230 - 250 miles out of the same 12.5 - 14 gallons now. High way milage only dropped about 1 mpg or so, but aroud town increased quite a bit. Of course a guy I met at a car show once with a 97 convertable Cobra told me that originally the 96 - 98 Cobras were suposed to have 3.73's form factory, but the big wigs at Ford vetoed that so they got the same 3.27's as the GT. Might be true, might not, who knows. Hope this helps.
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