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Old May 19, 2008 | 09:06 PM
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Can anybody tell me if 27MPG is good with 3:90's doing 70-75MPH?
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Old May 19, 2008 | 09:08 PM
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r u serious?? thats phenomial, i can barely knock that out with my 94 3:08 geared 5spd gt..good 4 u man
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Old May 19, 2008 | 09:12 PM
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How big is our stock fuel tanks?
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Old May 19, 2008 | 09:12 PM
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r u serious?? thats phenomial, i can barely knock that out with my 94 3:08 geared 5spd gt..good 4 u man
Is it really that good? I thought it would of been average?
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Old May 19, 2008 | 09:12 PM
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I think it's 12.9?? someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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Old May 19, 2008 | 09:17 PM
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I thought our tanks were 14+?
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Old May 19, 2008 | 09:21 PM
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opps, just found it in manual, it's 15.5 GAL, your right ZW99GT.
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Old May 19, 2008 | 09:35 PM
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Shoot. I'm thinking about getting a 15 Gallon Fuel cell in the back. Anyone know if an aftermarket trunk mounted fuel cell makes the fuel gauge useless?
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Old May 19, 2008 | 09:44 PM
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its 15.7 gallon tank for 99-04
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Old May 19, 2008 | 09:53 PM
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Shoot. I'm thinking about getting a 15 Gallon Fuel cell in the back. Anyone know if an aftermarket trunk mounted fuel cell makes the fuel gauge useless?
another 15 gal of fuel would weight in at about 120LBS plus the weight of the fuel cell. Is it really worth it?
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