kickasp

hey all, let me introduce myself a little bit

im 18, in in northern VA and just graduated highschool. ive got a lifted k5 blazer and its been my project for the past year and half. ive pretty much rebuilt most of the stuff on the truck to take the abuse of mud bogging hehe the porblem is that it only gets 8-9mpg in the city so its not very practical for a dd. I have always loved mustangs. my dads got an 01 cobra triple black. we bought it new in 01, and its only got 4100 miles on it! its never been in rain or snow, and the engine is still clean enough to eat off of. needless to say, its not his dd.

anyways, now that im 18 my dad said he would go 50/50 with another car, and i want it to be a mustang. im wanting this to be my dd and then drive the k5 every now and then. i especially love the 87-93 5.0 notchbacks, and thats what im hoping to find. i also plan to do some of the basic mods like headers, new exhaust, intake, throttle body spacer, and mabe a couple other things. what kind of hp you think that would be making?

what kind of mpg are you guys getting that run modded 5.0 stangs? please include what mods you have

im a noob i know, but i jus wanna make sure i can get better mpg than the k5 to justify this toy *cough* i mean dd.

thanks,
james

nitrous_bob

on my '93 notch, i have 4.10's , long tubes, mac prochamber, mac 2 1/2" catback, i get 21 mpg IF i drive 55-65 on the freeway.

80 mph on the freeway i drop to about 18-19

kickasp

what kind of mpg in city as well?

nitrous_bob

sorry never checked....around the city i'm runnign hi rpm's about 1/4 mile at a time and probably getting 2 miles to the gallon.....lol
nitrous loves to suck some gas, i would guess about 16-18 under normal conditions...but thats a guess

tl86gt

ive got a bone stock '86 vert that gets about 18 city and 25 highway.... most cars without heavy internal engine modding can pull off 16+ mpg pretty easy

50mikey

I have a 308ci, with a H/C/I combo with 24# injectors running 23mpg at an average of 80mph. City is around 15-17

kickasp

man, thats sweet, i was thinkin id have to limit myself to minor mods to keep mpg up, but it sounds like they dont lose much

rmodel65

im stock except for exhaust and a k+n i get 28mpg with a 5spd and the stock 2.73:1 gears

50mikey

yeah these engines handle mods pretty good. pretty much anything that I do from this point it goes down though

Scout2232

I'm in the same ball park as 50mikey, I just checked my mileage yesterday and was at about 17.5 which was city/hwy combined. I have everything but a supercharger basically.