sixstringthing said:Ive been using pretty much all 4th on the highway recently, usually around 3k rpms (as opposed to like 1700 in 5th) and to my surprise, i actually seem to be getting better MPG, its pretty noticeable on the needle. I used to spend like $16 a week on gas now im spending around $10.... what gives?? Not that im complaining or anything
Not sure what year Stang you have but you said you are turning 1700rpm in 5th, which means you have 3.27 gears. This also means that in 4th gear you would be turning 2568rpms at 60mph in 4th. Looking at this a different way, to equal this given rpm, in 5th, you would have to install 4.81 rear gears [lets just say, for this example, that was such a gear ratio] It would seem to me, that a Stang with 3.27 rear gears would get considerably better fuel mileage than the same car with a rear gear ratio of 4.81sixstringthing said:No ive never checked my MPG, I could care less what im getting, its just a number... im more concerned with what comes out of my wallet to pay for that gas. Just by looking at the needle it's so obvious that I am now having more gas left over every week, plus gas has only gone down about two cents and I'm saving about $5 a week.
you should care, mileage is a good thing to keep track ofsixstringthing said:No ive never checked my MPG, I could care less what im getting, its just a number... im more concerned with what comes out of my wallet to pay for that gas. Just by looking at the needle it's so obvious that I am now having more gas left over every week, plus gas has only gone down about two cents and I'm saving about $5 a week.
Yup, that's what I was thinkingJonJon said:you should care, mileage is a good thing to keep track of
if you have a sudden drop something could be wrong with the car
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