MPG with 410's installed
03-29-2010, 12:51 PM
#11
Yeah, my tires are at the 32psi. The majority of my DD is the "local highway" but I do have a mix of driving and maybe that's killing my mpg. It includes stop, slower roads etc. I haven't done just highway road trips yet with this car.
And just noticed you drove from chicago to mississippi. Lol, that's a long haul.
And just noticed you drove from chicago to mississippi. Lol, that's a long haul.
03-29-2010, 01:18 PM
#12
1st Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: VA
Posts: 105
I've got 3:55's, and have gotten as much as 27 with mine running the tillman all out 93 octane tune. Generally I drive back and forth to Baltimore with about 20 or so miles out of about 360 in town. Even if I get on her a few times, I can still generally average about 24-25. Now I've noticed after putting the 20" cs-69's, it has dropped it a little bit. I can still get about 24ish when trying to stay out of it. Thats with huge 295's too!
03-29-2010, 01:35 PM
#13
6th Gear Member
The majority of the mileage on my Stang is from long hauls. I drove KY to CHicago to Philly to Boston to Chicago and back to KY on one, 12 day trip. And many, many (almost every 2 weeks for 2 years) round trips from KY to Chicago. I've kept strict mileage records on all my vehicles over the past 36 or so years and I chuckle when people begin to "compare" fuel mileage. It's tough enough to do and understand on the same car let alone others, even of the same make and model.
03-29-2010, 02:59 PM
#15
6th Gear Member
Do you mean an air leak? That would throw a code.
CAI & tunes won't help or hinder fuel mileage much more than 1 MPG or so and again, that's very hard to justify based on all the variables at play.
CAI & tunes won't help or hinder fuel mileage much more than 1 MPG or so and again, that's very hard to justify based on all the variables at play.
03-29-2010, 03:14 PM
#16
The Paranoid One
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Texas
Posts: 5,320
After my bud put mine on (my eyes were dialated at the eyedoc so I didn't do it), and I did not feel the gains people were saying you felt, and I checked it later to find the CAI loose at both the throttle body and the filter...looked to me like a leak was inevitable.
I went back and tightened it up and BOY did I EVER feel a difference! like 20x better. And I had no codes thrown at me before going back....
03-29-2010, 03:39 PM
#17
2nd Gear Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: IN
Posts: 450
IF u were wondering im about 19mpg around town and thats some highway and stop and go traffic. Best way to tell what u would get is take the stang on a long trip id say nothing less than 300 to see what u would get
03-29-2010, 03:46 PM
#18
^sounds like I need to take a nice road trip to a good beach lol.
Hmmm, as for the airleak, it might not throw a code right away? Nothing has popped up since I cleared it months ago. Guessing just my driving style and conditions at this point.
Hmmm, as for the airleak, it might not throw a code right away? Nothing has popped up since I cleared it months ago. Guessing just my driving style and conditions at this point.
03-29-2010, 05:39 PM
#20
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Newark, Delaware
Posts: 1,259
I haven't changed my MPG calculator since I got my 4.10's. It reads 18.3. Even after 9 months and ~5000 miles, the calculator might not be right, but whatever. As a friend of mine once said:
"If you're that worried about gas mileage, you should have bought a Honda"
I'll stick with the pony.
"If you're that worried about gas mileage, you should have bought a Honda"
I'll stick with the pony.