39 Mpg!

[simdrew]

Results are back, going 55 miles per hour on the highway with a CAI and no cats will give you 39 mpg. (cool) And piss off a lot of people that want to go faster. (second) (dark)

[davens]

Impressive.
I can typically get 35mpg when I'm trying but getting anything beyond that seems to be a fluke.

[J dragon]

Funny I thought people here say there is no noticable performance upgrades with a Cai, or Short Ram

[simdrew]

Funny I thought people here say there is no noticable performance upgrades with a Cai, or Short Ram
I think having no cats is probably a big contributor since there is no horsepower lost trying to push the exhaust out.

[nate0123]

Results are back, going 55 miles per hour on the highway with a CAI and no cats will give you 39 mpg. (cool) And piss off a lot of people that want to go faster. (second) (dark)I think I'd piss myself off going that slow (rofl)

[simdrew]

I think I'd piss myself off going that slow (rofl)

I have to set it on cruise control, otherwise I can't do it. Got to remain cool when trucks are running down your rear.

508.5 miles on 12.9xx gallons.

[Kooldino]

44mpg.

Eat it.

<3

[chuyler1]

You only live once...Time is more important than money...

Driving 55 for one year (asuming your commute is all highway miles)
15,000mi / 55mi/hr = 273 hrs
15,000mi / 39 mi/g * $2.00/g = $769

Driving 70 for one year
15,000mi / 70mi/hr = 214 hrs
15,000mi / 31 mi/g * $2.00/g = $967

You would save $200 and loose 60 hrs of your life. That's more than a full work week or an entire weekend. For $200 I'll keep my weekend.

[SilverBulletES]

When my motor's is off and I'm letting it roll back an inch my car gets infinity miles to the gallon-- not taking into account the minute amount of gas leaking from the fuel line and gas cap.

Seriously, that one ought to drive the enviro whackos crazy-- remove the cats and you hurt the pocketbooks of Bush's "friends". Such a quandary for them.

[SilverBulletES]

You only live once...Time is more important than money...

Driving 55 for one year (asuming your commute is all highway miles)
15,000mi / 55mi/hr = 273 hrs
15,000mi / 39 mi/g * $2.00/g = $769

Driving 70 for one year
15,000mi / 70mi/hr = 214 hrs
15,000mi / 31 mi/g * $2.00/g = $967

You would save $200 and loose 60 hrs of your life. That's more than a full work week or an entire weekend. For $200 I'll keep my weekend.

Well put. :D

[chuyler1]

Over the course of your lifetime you could save between 150 days to an entire year just by speeding.

[SilverBulletES]

Not to mention the Eisenhower Interstate system was designed for speeds of 70 mph.
55 is for the senile.

I think it was Brock Yates from Car and Driver who said we should make the highway speed limit 100 and be done with it. As long as people moved right a lane for faster movingcars and used turn signals (fat chance though in America), I predict there'd be NO increase in fatalities.

[nate0123]

as long as the highways were designed for that speed - wide lanes and gentle, banked turns, and long entrance and exit ramps

[chuyler1]

I know space is limited but on-ramps and off-ramps should be designed so the driver can easily reach 55-65 mph by the time they merge. Another hazzard of the clover leaf highway junction is the portion under the bridge where people are entering and exiting in a 200 ft space. Who came up with that brilliant idea?

[vindication]

wtf!!!?? I just averaged my stuff the other day and only got like 23.5mpg. Granted I shift anywhere from 3-3.5k and normally go 65-75mph. But still, 23.5mpg?? thats horseshit. I am gonna try and drive nicer this tank still around 65 though and see what I come up with.

[simdrew]

You only live once...Time is more important than money...

Driving 55 for one year (asuming your commute is all highway miles)
15,000mi / 55mi/hr = 273 hrs
15,000mi / 39 mi/g * $2.00/g = $769

Driving 70 for one year
15,000mi / 70mi/hr = 214 hrs
15,000mi / 31 mi/g * $2.00/g = $967

You would save $200 and loose 60 hrs of your life. That's more than a full work week or an entire weekend. For $200 I'll keep my weekend.

I think I only get 27 mpg when I go 70.

The only problem is, if I wasn't saving gas money, I'd have to take a second job. (Extra time rendered null and void).

My calculations (for me personally):
120 miles a day / 39mpg * $2.10/g = $6.46 + 30 extra minutes of travel time
120 miles a day / 27mpg * $2.10/g = $9.33

So by my calculations, driving slow is like a $5.75/hr job that consists of me listening to my radio while making sure my car doesn't drift off the road.

[nate0123]

So by my calculations, driving slow is like a $5.75/hr job that consists of me listening to my radio while making sure my car doesn't drift off the road.(lol)

[chuyler1]

Sounds like every minimum wage job I know of.

[Mike R]

Wow, that's inpressive. I'm getting about 35 with my cruise on doing the speed limit on my commute. I got a max of 36.5 so far. I'm running a OBX header and stock exhaust to the HKS Hiper muffler (with silencer installed) Before I slowed down, I was averaging 30-31 mpg on my commute, trips were always 28mpg. The commute time was increased like 10 minutes.

[Lord_Zath]

I played with this when I was going to Illinois State University. It's a 2.5 hour drive both ways at about 70 mph.

One day I decided to see what it'd be like if I took it down to 60 (5 over posted limit). I saved more gas, and interestingly enough, the 2.5 hour drive turned into a 2.75 hour drive. Not too bad!

Another time my girlfriend took off on I-94 going about 80; I kept it at 60. The end result? I pulled into her house right after she did - the trip up I-94 was about 50-60 miles...

[Marik123]

Hm... 39mpg driving at 55.... I now drive 100% city and I get around 30-32MPG on 1.6L P2000 LX with K&N drop-in air filter and modified intake tube. When I used to drive on high way I get 38-40MPG @ 65-70MPH. The lowest I ever got was using winter gas (oxygenated in oregon during winter, MPG dropped all the way to 27MPG)

Quote: wtf!!!?? I just averaged my stuff the other day and only got like 23.5mpg. Granted I shift anywhere from 3-3.5k and normally go 65-75mph. But still, 23.5mpg?? thats horseshit. I am gonna try and drive nicer this tank still around 65 though and see what I come up with.

Maybe try out different gas station and see if it make any improvement. I always fill up with Chervon 87 octane gasoline.

[Dadkins]

I only get from 290-315 miles on a tank (all city) and I am usually the first off the line ! Plus I have an automatic. I have only taken one "road trip" and traveling 70+ got 410 miles from a tank.

[Brad]

I played with this when I was going to Illinois State University. It's a 2.5 hour drive both ways at about 70 mph.

One day I decided to see what it'd be like if I took it down to 60 (5 over posted limit). I saved more gas, and interestingly enough, the 2.5 hour drive turned into a 2.75 hour drive. Not too bad!

Another time my girlfriend took off on I-94 going about 80; I kept it at 60. The end result? I pulled into her house right after she did - the trip up I-94 was about 50-60 miles...

but she also stopped and went to the bathroom

w00t post number 69

[Lord_Zath]

lol nope

[Pheonix]

i'll see what mileage i get with my new job,
commuting to school i had to go up and down hill on the highway almost the whole way.
according to my PDA dyno, i get ~37, but my wallet says differently.
but it also said my friend's v6 mustang got 32 MPG so ???

now it'll be nice and flat trip, feels like a shorter trip too