mpgs in 4.0s
#14
RE: mpgs in 4.0s
im getting 18.2mpg all i have is a GT pipe. Im prob going to get a Kand N air filter, not intake(i cant afford it) to bump it up but im doing 5 miles to school and 12 miles to work and to work its stop and go.
#15
RE: mpgs in 4.0s
I gotta be honest... some of these MPG's are just too hard to believe. Are you calculating these by measuring fillup gallons vs. miles on trip odometer, or trusting the in car computer? It's generally impossible to beat the govt. estimated MPG's on any car, but yet is seems to happen routinely here, and often by 3-4 MPG.I have never had a car that I could get better than EPA out of... dunno, heavy foot maybe, but even when I baby a car, I would be luck to get EPA.
Just looked on Ford site. EPA for V6 is 24 highway. I just don't see how you can get 28 or 29. If that kind of performance was possible, the EPA would be higher.
Just looked on Ford site. EPA for V6 is 24 highway. I just don't see how you can get 28 or 29. If that kind of performance was possible, the EPA would be higher.
#16
RE: mpgs in 4.0s
New cafe standards require the sticker to be more accurate on mpg rating. This applies to '08's for sure and I believe '07's as well. Before then the stickers on cars mpg where way inflated. Now I can tell you that I have an '08 and the sticker says(looking at it now) 17 city and 26 hiway and I get a combined 23 mpg with mostly highway driving. I'll take that compared to my '01 GT that gets 16 mpg!
#17
RE: mpgs in 4.0s
well you have to remember to that most of us here have done mods like a exhaust and cai/tune that will affect mpg most of the time for the better as long as we drive nice and not hammer the crap out of it
#18
RE: mpgs in 4.0s
well for me mostly driving around town i get 14-15 mpg and i don't normally baby it, but this weekend i finally drove it down the shore and got 27mpg doing mostly 80mph on the highways and the trip was about 90% highway/10% side streets.
#20
RE: mpgs in 4.0s
ORIGINAL: Wishbone
New cafe standards require the sticker to be more accurate on mpg rating. This applies to '08's for sure and I believe '07's as well. Before then the stickers on cars mpg where way inflated. Now I can tell you that I have an '08 and the sticker says(looking at it now) 17 city and 26 hiway and I get a combined 23 mpg with mostly highway driving. I'll take that compared to my '01 GT that gets 16 mpg!
New cafe standards require the sticker to be more accurate on mpg rating. This applies to '08's for sure and I believe '07's as well. Before then the stickers on cars mpg where way inflated. Now I can tell you that I have an '08 and the sticker says(looking at it now) 17 city and 26 hiway and I get a combined 23 mpg with mostly highway driving. I'll take that compared to my '01 GT that gets 16 mpg!