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Old 05-14-2007 | 08:40 PM
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so who here is getting extremely bad gas mileage? im getting about 130-140 per tank mixed highway and street. haha. i dont really have a lead foot but i have my moments every now and then. i think my tune is really really really rich. i guess i will get it dyno tuned when i get the longtubes on sometime in future months. (BTW, 03gtmustang, we need to figure a date to do the transaction. lol)
 
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Old 05-14-2007 | 08:43 PM
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get it tuned. mines horrible with all the bolt-ons and my mail-order tune isnt adapted for them all.
 
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Old 05-14-2007 | 08:46 PM
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how did you guys create those sig pics with your name and car in it?
 
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Old 05-14-2007 | 08:47 PM
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how did you guys create those sig pics with your name and car in it?
yo, please try to not hijack threads. im just warning ya cause some people get really cranky. i will PM you details on how to do it.
 
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Old 05-14-2007 | 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by PureStang
yo, please try to not hijack threads. im just warning ya cause some people get really cranky. i will PM you details on how to do it.
sorry bro..didnt mean ta do that...was just admiring that pic of your car
 
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Old 05-14-2007 | 08:55 PM
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sorry bro..didnt mean ta do that...was just admiring that pic of your car
im flattered. and dont worry about it. your new so i can give some leeway. lol. just dont want you to **** off the wrong people. hahahaha


anyways guys, i will have to see if i can get the data logger figured out and see if i can view the A/F ratio sometime this week. maybe tomorrow.
 
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Old 05-14-2007 | 09:21 PM
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Been driving the mach mostly and its getting 220ish a tank mixed hwy/city, averaging 17-18 mpg.

The GT has had the same tank of gas since mid december, so lol, can't report anything on it.
 
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Old 05-14-2007 | 09:33 PM
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Been driving the mach mostly and its getting 220ish a tank mixed hwy/city, averaging 17-18 mpg.

The GT has had the same tank of gas since mid december, so lol, can't report anything on it.
i wish i could at least break 180 a tank...but i went from about 240 a tank to 140 a tank, i dont think that the 4.10s would decrease my mileage by 100 miles per tank. lol
 
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Old 05-14-2007 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by PureStang
i wish i could at least break 180 a tank...but i went from about 240 a tank to 140 a tank, i dont think that the 4.10s would decrease my mileage by 100 miles per tank. lol

Yeah, I wouldn't think it would drop it down that much either. Before the GTs engine blew up, I was getting like 16-17 mpg in city, though I didn't drive it much on the highway cuz of the 4.10s. But I never needed to get on the hwy much either, I live less than 5 miles from where I work.
 
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Old 05-14-2007 | 09:53 PM
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about 190 a tank


v6..


lol...wtf
 
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Old 05-14-2007 | 10:40 PM
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I get 200 ish ....I wish I could get 300-350 but that just aint gonna happen
 
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Old 05-14-2007 | 11:46 PM
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I get 200 miles to a tank if im lucky and its a six, but i only drive to school and back witch is 3 miles lol i could go for 2 weeks but i waste it all on the weekends
 
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Old 05-15-2007 | 12:15 AM
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I figured I'm getting around 13 miles or so to the gallon on city streets. Highway I roughly get 23-24.
 
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Old 05-15-2007 | 10:29 AM
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PureStang.....a tune will help a lot. If not then something else is wrong, but it's more than likely in the tune.

My last tank of gas was a mix of 4 gallons of 100 octane and the rest 91 octane and with mix city and highway driving I got 305 miles out of the tank and my drive to work isn't exactly open road...LOTS of traffic. Nornally I get between 230-250 miles out of a tank

I'm wondering if the higher octane helped??
 
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Old 05-15-2007 | 02:38 PM
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gas mileage???whats that??

i thought MPG was measured from 30 up....hehe
 
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Old 05-15-2007 | 02:48 PM
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well...i get around 250+ in the six when it warmer and thats mostly city driving.

I just start to drive the GT daily starting today so i will tell you!
 
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Old 05-20-2007 | 03:01 PM
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I barely get 200 miles to the tank.

Wtf?
 
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Old 05-20-2007 | 05:40 PM
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i got a solid 26.5 mpg comin home from college and can get about 23 when i rag on it quite a bit.
 
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Old 05-20-2007 | 05:48 PM
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i get between 18-23 or so...if i punch it everywhere i'll get 16 or 17, but as for just reg. driving i'll get around 250, give or take a lil bit.. i'll fill up at about 1/4 tank and have 200 on the trip odometer.
 
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Old 05-20-2007 | 06:03 PM
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When I had my GT it got to the point I was only getting 15 mpg. New plugs and wires brought it back to almost 19. The kicker was it was still running real good.
 
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Old 05-20-2007 | 06:04 PM
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Oh that was with 3.73's and a auto.
 
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Old 05-20-2007 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by PColav6
about 190 a tank
v6..
lol...wtf
i think we found ourselves a lead foot..hahah

nah, i think it's because the sixers have absolutly no power, we have to use the little bit we got to get us up to speed.
i usually get 220~ per tank. If i baby it i get 280, but i do stop and go short distance city driving 98% of the time, so i think thats alright.
 
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Old 05-20-2007 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by mustangvsix
i think we found ourselves a lead foot..hahah

nah, i think it's because the sixers have absolutly no power, we have to use the little bit we got to get us up to speed.
i usually get 220~ per tank. If i baby it i get 280, but i do stop and go short distance city driving 98% of the time, so i think thats alright.
Yeah..if I baby it it takes 10 seconds to get it to 40 and that's not going to happen..this ain't a minivan, lol.
 
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Old 05-20-2007 | 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by PColav6
Yeah..if I baby it it takes 10 seconds to get it to 40 and that's not going to happen..this ain't a minivan, lol.
yep definately ain't a minivan, minivans are faster hahahah
 
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Old 05-20-2007 | 09:02 PM
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I'm getting 250 city 320 hwy on 4.10s.definatly think about a tune.
 
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Old 05-20-2007 | 09:12 PM
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i get about 21-22 on the highway and like 15 in the city
 
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Old 05-21-2007 | 06:09 AM
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All depends on how you drive. I get anywhere from 14-17mpg in the city depending on how much stop and go I'm doing, and anywhere from 18-25mpg on the highway, depending on if its combo city/highway or just straight highway.
 
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Old 05-21-2007 | 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Shambles
All depends on how you drive. I get anywhere from 14-17mpg in the city depending on how much stop and go I'm doing, and anywhere from 18-25mpg on the highway, depending on if its combo city/highway or just straight highway.
but just about 8 mpg half city half highway. i drive 10 miles to work, 5 city, 5 highway. and i barely go above 3k rpm until i shift, just like i would before the gear install. dunno, longtubes come soon so i will go to a local tuner and get a dyno tune
 



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