Gas Saving Tips
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From: Chowchilla, CA
Originally Posted by mattfl
I'm sure we're all starting to feel the strain of gas prices sky rocketing. In the past 4 days here in daytona gas has gone up almost 30 cents across the city. I've seen it as high as $3.00/gallon for 93 and as low as $2.75/gallon for 93. I have a 20 mile round trip drive to/from work and I've been getting around 200-225 miles out of my tank. Filling up for around $30 every week is going to start hurting alot more once gas hits $3.00 everywhere and I'm sure within the next week it will. So what are some of your gas conserving tips for the evo? I don't drive the car very hard, get on it only once in a while and just changed my oil this past weekend. Mods on the car are only hks intake/bov/boost controller set just a little at/above stock settings. Wondering what some of you guys do to conserve fuel.
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From: Texas
short shift at 2500-2800 rpm and skip shift 2nd to 4th in town from light to light or slow traffic, you need to ease 2nd gear to 3000 rpm before you shift to 4th but it works smoothly. this is the GM trick on all the f body cars to meet mileage requirements and avoid gas guzzler tax. seems that if you shift 2800-3000( stay off boost) your in a better torque range and less lug on the car with better mileage, if you shift to soon you will lug the car and hurt gas mileage. last scientific article on this topic seemed to suggest a car under about 30% load got the best fuel mileage. dont use the brakes as much as possible coast when you can up to the stop. your brakes are the main reason your gas mileage goes down. cams didnt help my mileage but i am still tuning. i not sure how anyone can say cams help mileage. the more air you use the more gas you will need to make power and hence worse gas mileage. analogy race cars with cams never get good mileage , your cheap toyota 4 banger with 90hp gets great mileage. sorry guys just physics, you will always be able to tune the car with stock cam for better mileage than high profile long duration performance cams.
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From: Daytona Beach
Originally Posted by TEXSRT4
i too improved mileage with my cams, though its a differnt car...dont use your ac! extra drag on the motor uses up more power meaning more gas is needed.
Originally Posted by mksevo
short shift at 2500-2800 rpm and skip shift 2nd to 4th in town from light to light or slow traffic, you need to ease 2nd gear to 3000 rpm before you shift to 4th but it works smoothly. this is the GM trick on all the f body cars to meet mileage requirements and avoid gas guzzler tax. seems that if you shift 2800-3000( stay off boost) your in a better torque range and less lug on the car with better mileage, if you shift to soon you will lug the car and hurt gas mileage. last scientific article on this topic seemed to suggest a car under about 30% load got the best fuel mileage. dont use the brakes as much as possible coast when you can up to the stop. your brakes are the main reason your gas mileage goes down. cams didnt help my mileage but i am still tuning. i not sure how anyone can say cams help mileage. the more air you use the more gas you will need to make power and hence worse gas mileage. analogy race cars with cams never get good mileage , your cheap toyota 4 banger with 90hp gets great mileage. sorry guys just physics, you will always be able to tune the car with stock cam for better mileage than high profile long duration performance cams.
everyone knows the evo is pig rich stock. So whether you tune with cams, or tune without them, you're helping the situation. in performance, and mileage.
Originally Posted by MANGOOK
With my cams and my dyno of 334AWHP I just got on my last tank of gas 26.3MPG. I drove the car very easy, not really getting into boost and it really helped my gas mileage. Even under the Florida Heat I still got decent gas mileage.
How in the world did you get that good of gas milage????? The best i can ever really get is 22mpg
Just take it easy. It's all in how you drive. I usually average 300+ miles per tank modded (my record is 342 before the gas light came on). My friend who has similair mod always complains about poor mileage since he bought it new and didn't believe me until he saw how conservatively I drive.
dont go above zero psi, or you could dump 5000 into the motor, stand-alone, intake and exhaust, and you will get 30 mpg like me.. not much of a car at top end, but tons of power in the low to mid-range..
