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Old 05-16-2005, 11:58 PM
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lol and i love it. But seriously does anyone know like what the approximation should be for my cars miles per gallon if im driving it normally and not running it hard?
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Old 05-16-2005, 11:59 PM
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22 mpg
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Old 05-17-2005, 12:11 AM
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I wish it was 22 try 17 mpg.
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Old 05-17-2005, 03:28 AM
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Old 05-17-2005, 03:31 AM
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i dont know about all of you, but for me its not miles per gallon, its gallons per mile.
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Old 05-17-2005, 06:48 AM
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with normal driving i can still get 300 to a tank. cammed, with 132K.
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Old 05-17-2005, 09:30 AM
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depends. how often do you lay on it? with minimal to average play, you should be getting 16-19mpg.
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Old 05-17-2005, 11:24 AM
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aight. sounds about right i guess....but it dont help that im driving it all over east bum so far. lol. but thanks
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Old 05-17-2005, 01:10 PM
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with normal driving i can still get 300 to a tank. cammed, with 132K.
I don't know how you can get 300 to a tank. My gas light comes on at about 210 miles. I do mostly city driving though.
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Old 05-17-2005, 01:23 PM
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Before I did any mods to my car, I used to get 21-23 mpg highway. I know because I used to commute 120 miles per day back and forth to work. Due to the size of the tank, I could never make 3 round trips without filling up as that would put 360 miles on one tank. So I got gas every other day, which put 240 on a tank with about a 1/4 left.

I have only had my car a few days since I did the 3.90 gears, the midpipe and catback, and the throttle body/plenum, but it looks like 240 miles on a tank will have me much closer to E. I am also hitting it a lot harder now. At some point I will drive it "normal" for 2 days and see what exactly the mods did to my mileage.
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