What do you guys get for Gas mileage

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 1:58 pm

so what do you guys get for gas mileage. I can get 26 with my mustang if i baby it. not too bad for a V8.

JeremyC · Post by **JeremyC** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:20 pm

Last time I checked I was in the mid to low 30s, but thats about 75% highway driving.

Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:21 pm

The camaro gets right around 25

The 4Runner is around 17-19 depending how much I touch the gas.

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:22 pm

thats pretty good. those honda v6's have pretty damn good power and still get fairly good mileage

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:33 pm

A V6 can get better than a 4cyl, mainly because you don't have to put your foot to the floor to climb hills. Engine size is the lesser determining factor on gas mileage, weight and aero are the big ones.

Me personally, I'm getting around 13 at best. 83 Chevy C10, 350, quadrajet, Turbo 350 tranny (Factory AOD was CRAP). Just a bum around truck. Got a 86 Ranger for absolutely nothing the other day, g/f's uncle passed on and they didn't have anyone in the family that could use it. Still runs, needs work, 2.3L and an auto in it, but I've got a funny feeling that it'll be getting a 5.0L and a 5 spd before too long :) . Got it mainly to give me something to do with my spare time, and if I finish any time in the next year or so (maybe more) I'll post pictures. Usually you can average 20s out of a Ranger with a V8, they're small and light enough to do it.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:36 pm

If it does get a 5.0L in it, it's going to be with the quietest mufflers I can find, then a cable operated flap that bypasses the muffler and goes into straight pipe. It would be a nice sleeper.

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:39 pm

i always wanted to do that, im gonna by a wrecked po po car with a 4.6L and i want to put that motor and tranny in a ranger

JeremyC · Post by **JeremyC** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:45 pm

Why would you want parts out of a poo poo car??? Are you trying to give new meaning to a fart can?

Yeah ok I am bored!

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:06 pm

not poo poo, po po (cop car) its a term we use around here for cop

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:27 pm

sinister audio wrote:not poo poo, po po (cop car) its a term we use around here for cop

Wow, ghetto slang in SD?

5-0 one time

lmao

Okok enough with the funnies.

Guy at work has a mid-late 90's LT1 Z28 and he has an electronic "butterfly" that bypasses the "performance" muffler on it. Not CAT either

Car runs 13.89's I guess, auto