Hells GT

When driving city whats the best way to maxmize your MPG? Being my 1st manual car, i normally shift at 2000 RPMS.

AtlanticBlue99

at 2000rpm, you get like 20 mpg or so, at 5500 or higher, you get like 12mpg

Hells GT

i realize higher rpm shifting decrease gas milage, but the question was is shifting at 2k rpms my best shift zone for best gas mileage.

Monch

thats pretty much where you wanna be, you could go as low as 1500 with everything except 4 to 5, going into 5th at 2000 rpm drops you down to just above 1000 or so, which is the lowest you'd want to go as its bad for the main bearings to run at low rpm's while under load. this is for a 99+ gt with stock gearing.

Hells GT

All I wanted to hear.

Thanks.

dc_mann8

13mpg at 5500+? noo way more like 5mpg i get.

50FastFord

Heh.. I liked cruisin in 3rd around town going 45, (liked the tone), besides that I never figured what kinda gas I was getting didn't really care though, friends liekd to ride with me so I normally had my gas paid for

Obsol3te

Egh, I shift around 2800-3k around town.
Just don't max out each gear when you're driving and mpg will be fine...

Justanother5.0

that is where I used to shift... just give it enough rpms so that it doesn't lug when you engage the next gear...

Redline03GT

I would definitely say the low to mid 2000 range for best mpg, but that really isnt what you should be concerned with if you want good gas mileage. The real question is which rpm do you spend most of your time at?