Performance Gas mileage
03-04-2003, 10:18 PM
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Performance Gas mileage
I know the talk is always about performance but with these gas prices I need some info on how to get performance gas mileage. Also, how do I stop the valves from clacking when I run 87 without increasing the octane?
03-04-2003, 11:00 PM
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Re: Performance Gas mileage
You are NOT going to get 25-30 mpg in you truck. With all of my mods, ie: whipple, converter, and the rest, I see about 15city/19hwy.
The newer engines intake and exhaust are pretty efficient from the factory, so there will not be huge gains by them, but their might be some.
Kent
The newer engines intake and exhaust are pretty efficient from the factory, so there will not be huge gains by them, but their might be some.
Kent
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Re: Performance Gas mileage
buy an f-body. you will never get that kind of gas mileage from what you have. when my truck was completely stock with a k@n filter and a dynomax muffler it would get about 18-20 mpg, and that is the best it's been.
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Re: Performance Gas mileage
i drive the dog **** out of my truck and don't have to fill up that often. usually about every week to week and a half. my drive to school or work isn't very far but i do som extracaricular driving also. so if you are having that bif of a problem you need to get out of the performance scene and get into a civic or something. ofcourse with that 4.8 a civic isn't that far from what you already have.