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What size gas tank do I have???

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Old 10-31-2005, 08:52 PM
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I'm trying to figure out the size of my gas tank and I think that it's around 12 gallons. If someone's really bored, I'm getting about 220-230 miles to the tank, what's my gas mileage? I think that the straight pipes have helped considerably with my gas mileage.
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Old 10-31-2005, 09:17 PM
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About 19 miles to the gallon
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Old 10-31-2005, 09:28 PM
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So the question still lingers, what size gas tank do I have? Another question, I noticed that the weight of my car is like 4200 lbs, don't the lx hartops weigh roughly 3500 lbs.?
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Old 10-31-2005, 11:07 PM
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well i dont know if the verts are different but mine has a 15.4 gallon tank
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Old 11-01-2005, 12:19 AM
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4200lbs!? I think that's a bit high. I think my standard cab LB '94 F-150 4x4 weighs 4500-4750lbs...
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Old 11-01-2005, 12:44 AM
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hes going by GVW. and that is always about 1k higher then normal

and straight pipes will hurt mpg
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Old 11-01-2005, 02:35 PM
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Explain to me how the straight pipes are hurting my MPG.
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Old 11-01-2005, 02:40 PM
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no backpressure since the exhaust is flowing straight through.
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Old 11-01-2005, 06:22 PM
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been over this before. straight pipes are hurting the car. enough said
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Explain to me how the straight pipes are hurting my MPG.
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Old 11-01-2005, 06:42 PM
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To figure out your gas mileage:
-Fill up your car all the way
-Write down mileage (or set trip odometer to zero)
-Drive around for a while, the longer you drive on that tank, the better of an average it will give you
-Fill up your car all the way again
-Take the number of miles you drove on that tank divide it by the amount of gas you put in your second car, and it will tell you your mpg
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