2015 GT Fuel Mileage
02-21-2017, 10:28 AM
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I'm seeing 20.4mpg last I checked over the last 4500 miles or so and that includes city and highway driving, bolt on racing on 93, several tanks of E85, drag racing at the track, WOT datalogging and also racing the new Procharged setup. Fact is the v8 mustang won't upper 20mpg over the course of a few thousand miles.
Better fuel economy than what? Certainly not better than another 5.0 without a dead weight spinning around doing nothing on top.
Nobody is getting 30mpg with a 2015 mustang, stock from the factory or with a supercharger strapped to it. Maybe on one way of a trip where you are slowly losing elevation for a long time, like from Lake Tahoe to L.A. That situation isn't meaningful in this discussion.
Nobody is getting 30mpg with a 2015 mustang, stock from the factory or with a supercharger strapped to it. Maybe on one way of a trip where you are slowly losing elevation for a long time, like from Lake Tahoe to L.A. That situation isn't meaningful in this discussion.
I think it's been established that the 5.0 is capable of returning 30 mpg under the right circumstances. I don't think anyone has said that it will "average" 30 mpg over the long haul but those that keep saying that the 5.0 won't return 30 mpg at any time are clearly wrong.
I am blessed and cursed with an unusually long commute to work, mainly freeway driving and my schedule allows me to miss most of the rush hour headaches. The downside of that is I put miles on my car way faster than is the average, about 30k/year. The upside is that my average fuel economy for the last few cars I've owned has been well above what most people get. I'm not saying I'd average 30 mpg over the long haul but I like to think, based on what I've read other folks report on this forum, that I'd touch it every once in a while. I won't be holding my breath over it though.
02-21-2017, 06:49 PM
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You're seeing an "average" of 20.4 over a 4500 mile stretch? That includes the aggressive driving you've done and multiple tanks of E85? What kind of gas mileage do you think you were getting with the WOT datalogging, or racing the Procharge setup? Everything I've read about E85 says you won't be getting anything close to decent gas mileage with that either. Yet you've gotten good enough gas mileage on other driving to get your average up to 20.4?? I'd say that pretty much kills your statement that the V8 mustang won't get upper 20's over a few thousand miles. I wonder what your average would be if it weren't for the other, more aggressive driving? You had to have had some pretty good tanks in there to get your average back up into the low 20's given the other driving you admit to doing.
I have to admit, I have a hard time seeing a supercharged 5.0 getting better gas mileage than a stock engine.
I think it's been established that the 5.0 is capable of returning 30 mpg under the right circumstances. I don't think anyone has said that it will "average" 30 mpg over the long haul but those that keep saying that the 5.0 won't return 30 mpg at any time are clearly wrong.
I am blessed and cursed with an unusually long commute to work, mainly freeway driving and my schedule allows me to miss most of the rush hour headaches. The downside of that is I put miles on my car way faster than is the average, about 30k/year. The upside is that my average fuel economy for the last few cars I've owned has been well above what most people get. I'm not saying I'd average 30 mpg over the long haul but I like to think, based on what I've read other folks report on this forum, that I'd touch it every once in a while. I won't be holding my breath over it though.
I have to admit, I have a hard time seeing a supercharged 5.0 getting better gas mileage than a stock engine.
I think it's been established that the 5.0 is capable of returning 30 mpg under the right circumstances. I don't think anyone has said that it will "average" 30 mpg over the long haul but those that keep saying that the 5.0 won't return 30 mpg at any time are clearly wrong.
I am blessed and cursed with an unusually long commute to work, mainly freeway driving and my schedule allows me to miss most of the rush hour headaches. The downside of that is I put miles on my car way faster than is the average, about 30k/year. The upside is that my average fuel economy for the last few cars I've owned has been well above what most people get. I'm not saying I'd average 30 mpg over the long haul but I like to think, based on what I've read other folks report on this forum, that I'd touch it every once in a while. I won't be holding my breath over it though.
02-21-2017, 09:29 PM
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I think it's been established that the 5.0 is capable of returning 30 mpg under the right circumstances. I don't think anyone has said that it will "average" 30 mpg over the long haul but those that keep saying that the 5.0 won't return 30 mpg at any time are clearly wrong.
02-22-2017, 05:33 AM
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I was hoping you just drove around at 6k rpm from stop light to stop light.
Talking about a small sample size is like discussing the fuel mileage you get while you are free falling out of an airplane. I can show you 45mpg, but all it means is that I didn't count the part of the drive where I got 4mpg.
Talking about a small sample size is like discussing the fuel mileage you get while you are free falling out of an airplane. I can show you 45mpg, but all it means is that I didn't count the part of the drive where I got 4mpg.
03-05-2017, 04:22 PM
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