drive like your grandmother on weed.

 

well have you tried putting it on the wide band? cause i did it, and it makes a world of difference....my car was running to rich, and i got that fixed, i also raced it this weekend and finally hit a 12.9!!

 

Too bad if you buy a Echo or something of the like you will never make up for the cost of buying a second vechicle by saving a few bucks in gas every week. But it is good though also to keep the miles down to I guess.

Oxymoron of the day:

Fuel efficient hot rod!

 

nah...i tried driving within the 3000rpm this whole time...it still not improving any... the only mod i have is Blitz Sus Power Intake... i still only get around 180

 

stay off boost -- shift prior to 3k rpm...get the ecu flashed or another ECU ...i'm having the same issue...my right foot is too heavy...but heck, can't blame me??? Can you???

 

better yet a geo metro. 3 spd tranny. under 8k$ new.....90 hp or something......its a skateboard with a steering wheel...but it gets 30mpg

 

trade the evo in for one of those hybrid cars

 

Take the wing off - lots of wind resistance - put on a trunk lip spoiler.

 

I say buy a used Scion XB. The car has lots of room for trips and gets over 35 MPG. The only bad thing is it looks like a shoe on wheels. I'm sure you can find a used 1 cheap.


As far as the Evo goes I would not expect to get to great of gas mileage. It may have 4 doors like a family car but it eats up the gas like a hot rod.


Derek

 

Well,

this is what i would do......get a turboback (will increase highway mpg but decrease city mpg), a re-flash or a piggy back of some sort (utec or exede), check tire pressures, get a boost gauge and stay out of boost, and wait till your car breaks in. I also got 200 miles per tank when it was new, now I am averaging 260-300 mile per tank.

 

Isn't there some mod where you can add minute amounts of platnium or something to the gas and it increases fuel economy? I think it's even EPA approved.

 

I've been getting 23-24 MPG and i've been at the track and racing

 

You guys see the new ACCORD Hybrid?

255hp V6 motor, but gets civic gas mileage.

Thas sweeet

 

honestly though, this is a sports car that's meant to be DRIVEN...you should've been aware of the sacrifices you needed to make (a.k.a. gas $) before you purchased this car...i really don't believe in "driving like a grandma" in this car because...well...i bought this car to DRIVE, not to drive like a grandma.
To me, it's not worth couple of bucks I could save from gas just to deprive myself of the joy from hearing the turbo spool and the adreneline rush I get...just my .02

 

I installed a muffler delete pipe and picked up an extra 25-30 miles off a full tank (city driving). That's a 14-16% fuel efficiency increase. My efficiency may be an anomaly, there's some fuel to be saved by freeing up the exhaust.