Best cruising RPM? Best speed for max MPG?
Dec 20, 2004, 04:05 PM
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and the few times i have run higher octane on stock setup (yes ive done it)...it makes no difference, but the fuel injector treatment i do requries me to do it whenever i do the treatment........
Dec 20, 2004, 04:06 PM
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Luck.
Different cars perform differently.
Before we started modding, we could've dynoed our cars and gotten different numbers. By the same token, two different Lancers will turn up different MPG.
If you get high numbers, feel happy. If not, better luck next time!
Different cars perform differently.
Before we started modding, we could've dynoed our cars and gotten different numbers. By the same token, two different Lancers will turn up different MPG.
If you get high numbers, feel happy. If not, better luck next time!
Dec 20, 2004, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ItsTheDriver13
i shift around 3 grand and use crusie control at 65.
Dec 20, 2004, 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by DeZaVu
Wow, you guys drive hard. I drive an EVO softly, and I'm able to get over 300 miles per tank! WOW!
But another thing you might want to know is that turbocharged cars tend to get better gas mileage than naturally aspirated ones. So you're absolutely right, an Evo driven softly should get more mileage than a Lancer. I'm assuming you have the same size tank, so you probably get about 30-32 mpg as well, which is just fine for that car.
Dec 21, 2004, 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by urbanknight
I used to shift around 3,000 and got about 27 mpg, then a fellow EvoM member (Deltron) told me he shifted at 3,500 and got 35mpg plus. So I tried that, and now I get around 29. Still not as good as his car is getting, but it helped. Maybe try that.
Dec 21, 2004, 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Z_Lancer_Man
I'll be going about 80-85 MPH the whole way (except in Oregon 
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Dec 21, 2004, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by urbanknight
I still don't get how people judge by miles per tank. Some people run it to empty, others fill it at about 1/4 tank left (like me) so how do you compare? I'm not sure about the Evo, but the Lancer has a 13 gallon tank, so if you really did get 300 miles per "tank" you'd be getting a **** poor 23 miles per gallon. I'm sure you're getting more than that though, just don't know how much. I for example fill my tank about once every 300 miles, but that's usually 10-11 gallons, because like most people, I don't wait until the car sputters to death to fill it.
But another thing you might want to know is that turbocharged cars tend to get better gas mileage than naturally aspirated ones. So you're absolutely right, an Evo driven softly should get more mileage than a Lancer. I'm assuming you have the same size tank, so you probably get about 30-32 mpg as well, which is just fine for that car.
But another thing you might want to know is that turbocharged cars tend to get better gas mileage than naturally aspirated ones. So you're absolutely right, an Evo driven softly should get more mileage than a Lancer. I'm assuming you have the same size tank, so you probably get about 30-32 mpg as well, which is just fine for that car.
example: this last tank, i drove 315.7 miles before filling up. when i filled up, which is always overflowing, i was able to put in 12.98 gallons.
315.7 / 12.98 = 24.32 average miles per gallon.
average meaning i drove city and highways/freeways. if i were able to consistently drive 55-60 mph i'd get significant numbers only. i was only able to achieve that on a trip up north where i averaged 29 miles per gallon.
anyhow, i've tried my best to find a spot in final gear that will waste the least amount of gas and i've concluded that for my car, going 55-60 is my sweet spot.
also, i drive like granny and tweety; i shift before 2800. there's no fun in saving on gas.
i was also wondering if anyone has a good setting on their AFC's to help save on gas. i've been playing around, and so far, they really aren't saving much on gas, rather helpoing with a mile or two here and there...
Dec 21, 2004, 09:35 AM
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Dude I hear people say they get 240 270 even 300 on a tankful. I have never even shifting aroung 3500, almost always off boost and the most i have ever gotten is 220 miles to a tank ful. and as low as 180. I'm actually thinking that my car run extremely rich. I can't wait to see if the P2 improves things.
Dec 21, 2004, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by urbanknight
But another thing you might want to know is that turbocharged cars tend to get better gas mileage than naturally aspirated ones. So you're absolutely right, an Evo driven softly should get more mileage than a Lancer. I'm assuming you have the same size tank, so you probably get about 30-32 mpg as well, which is just fine for that car.
Dec 21, 2004, 09:50 AM
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tward- POP isn't court admissable- the company that makes POP even has that on thier website FAQs. They have to hit you with POP and then switch to their K or Ka band to get a speed history ... which is dumb if they do, because if the cop needs POP to know that you're speeding and should get his radar gun, then he has no business being a speeding-ticket-writing officer.
