who has gotten the best gas mileage (LT1)?
10-11-2007, 04:01 PM
#61
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sam Pace-
I tried driving like a schmoe in a Honda for a full tank (you know, egg under the accelerator thing, wasn't fun) It really didn't change much. One thing I did notice.
No ac, about 210 miles and one gallon left at fillup
A/C on I got about 190 miles and had 1 gallon left at fillup
After running AC on the previous tank, and no AC on the current I would get 230 with one gallon left. 245 with the car sputtering to the pump
I get about 70 miles before the needle gets to the full mark, then after that it gets to 125 at 3/4 mark, then 160ish when I get to half. After that I get to 185 at 1/4. then I get paranoid and find a gas station.
sam Pace-
I tried driving like a schmoe in a Honda for a full tank (you know, egg under the accelerator thing, wasn't fun) It really didn't change much. One thing I did notice.
No ac, about 210 miles and one gallon left at fillup
A/C on I got about 190 miles and had 1 gallon left at fillup
After running AC on the previous tank, and no AC on the current I would get 230 with one gallon left. 245 with the car sputtering to the pump
I get about 70 miles before the needle gets to the full mark, then after that it gets to 125 at 3/4 mark, then 160ish when I get to half. After that I get to 185 at 1/4. then I get paranoid and find a gas station.
10-12-2007, 02:35 AM
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My car back when it just had a CAI and a 2800 converter got 35mpg on a night time trip up to my cousin's house averaging 105mph, lol. Don't ask me how, but it did. Filled up before I left and again about 3.5 hours in to the trip at 357miles and only put 10 gallons in the car. It was only a 420 miles trip so I could have made it on one tank, lol.
10-12-2007, 04:06 PM
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i would think heads and a mild cam make the engine more efficient not to mention the headers and a tune.
i got ~22-23 on the highway with about 10mi 100+mph and 30mi of city mixed in
i think my 275/315 zr1's 4.11's and crappy tune are hurting me a bit
6th gear @80mph=~2400rpm 100mph=3000rpm
i run out of gas way too often and when i go to fill it up it only holds about 15.5-15.75 (16 gallon tank) when the car just won't go so even running it dry isn't that accurate...sucks to know that there is still 1/2 gallon in there when the gas station is 2 blocks away and the car just don't go
i got ~22-23 on the highway with about 10mi 100+mph and 30mi of city mixed in
i think my 275/315 zr1's 4.11's and crappy tune are hurting me a bit
6th gear @80mph=~2400rpm 100mph=3000rpm
i run out of gas way too often and when i go to fill it up it only holds about 15.5-15.75 (16 gallon tank) when the car just won't go so even running it dry isn't that accurate...sucks to know that there is still 1/2 gallon in there when the gas station is 2 blocks away and the car just don't go
10-13-2007, 01:12 PM
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So I guess I started lying years ago and just kept to it, right?
http://web.camaross.com/forums/showp...87&postcount=7
Yeah, I think not.
http://web.camaross.com/forums/showp...87&postcount=7
Yeah, I think not.
10-13-2007, 01:52 PM
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Tricked-Out-Toy - NICE RIDE!
sam Pace-
I tried driving like a schmoe in a Honda for a full tank (you know, egg under the accelerator thing, wasn't fun) It really didn't change much. One thing I did notice.
No ac, about 210 miles and one gallon left at fillup
A/C on I got about 190 miles and had 1 gallon left at fillup
After running AC on the previous tank, and no AC on the current I would get 230 with one gallon left. 245 with the car sputtering to the pump
I get about 70 miles before the needle gets to the full mark, then after that it gets to 125 at 3/4 mark, then 160ish when I get to half. After that I get to 185 at 1/4. then I get paranoid and find a gas station.
sam Pace-
I tried driving like a schmoe in a Honda for a full tank (you know, egg under the accelerator thing, wasn't fun) It really didn't change much. One thing I did notice.
No ac, about 210 miles and one gallon left at fillup
A/C on I got about 190 miles and had 1 gallon left at fillup
After running AC on the previous tank, and no AC on the current I would get 230 with one gallon left. 245 with the car sputtering to the pump
I get about 70 miles before the needle gets to the full mark, then after that it gets to 125 at 3/4 mark, then 160ish when I get to half. After that I get to 185 at 1/4. then I get paranoid and find a gas station.
The first tank full I got about 17mpg. The second jumped to 23.
The 3rd tank is when I hit the mountains of VA, WV, PA I was running the motor really hard because I was breaking it in. (Lots of fun and still 21mpg).
In PA I had my car tuned by Bryan from PCM For Less. I went to his place and had it street tuned. Up till this point I was using a HyperTech programmer 3 with the power tune for the 160stat (I had the 180stat) It actually had enough timing to avoid cam surge at low rpms. After the tune, that is when I started to get 25-27MPG.
I changed the oil in NY and it ran like this ever since.
I sort of have a conservative cam with ported heads that flow well, and everything is matched up for the driving I do with the car. The cam produces alot of torque and helps with low rpm acceleration.
This is also a different motor. I had a factory dog.
During the rebuild process I had the block blue printed and checked to make sure it was a good block and everything was up to spec. The block was near perfect when it came to specs so it needed very little machining.
Set up is the key and some restaint on the right foot.
On long trips, having a steady foot also helps alot.
Last edited by sam pace; 10-13-2007 at 01:55 PM.
10-13-2007, 01:55 PM
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So I guess I started lying years ago and just kept to it, right?
http://web.camaross.com/forums/showp...87&postcount=7
Yeah, I think not.
http://web.camaross.com/forums/showp...87&postcount=7
Yeah, I think not.
Last edited by Tricked-Out-Toy; 10-13-2007 at 10:48 PM.
10-13-2007, 07:23 PM
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crap Sam. Now I REALLY feel like driving this car off a cliff.
Maybe I should give PCM4less a ring? The car runs strong, just seems to use more gas at idle than when I am driving in stop and go traffic. The header collector had a crack in it when the previous owner had it dyno tuned, so after I welded it up it still seems to smell rich at idle.
Maybe I should give PCM4less a ring? The car runs strong, just seems to use more gas at idle than when I am driving in stop and go traffic. The header collector had a crack in it when the previous owner had it dyno tuned, so after I welded it up it still seems to smell rich at idle.
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