Cammed Stangers - how's your gas mileage?

[Purebred]

Thinking about doing VT Stage 2 cams in the spring, along w/ 4.10s...what will this do to my gas mileage? It's a DD, so I'd like to keep it as streetable as possible. Thanks!

 

[mogs01gt]

Your gas mileage will go down because you will see WOT more often .

 

[Purebred]

Your gas mileage will go down because you will see WOT more often .

Yeah, I was planning on that

Seriously though, has anyone done any before/after logging of MPG? I realize that gaining performance almost always means sacrificing efficiency, but I'd like to get a ballpark before I commit to putting cams in...

 

[ProCharger GT]

i get roughly 15.. lots of city driving though... also i need a better MAF...such as an SCT.

 

[nickthegenius]

i get roughly 15.. lots of city driving though... also i need a better MAF...such as an SCT.

What cams are you running with your blower? SHMs?

BTW, my mileage with my XE270AH cams on the last tank was about 18mpg with mixed driving.

 

[Saleen201]

I just did a rough calculation, i get about 15-18 MPG on average. That is about 50/50 highway/city driving. Click on link in my sig for all the info on my car.

-Mike

 

[Turbo92PGT]

I get around 15-18 like some of you. I just have stock cams though. I do have 4.10's. I noticed I lost about 50 miles per tank with the gear change. Now getting about 175-200 per fill up. I gun it too much, but i just cant help it.

 

[rcn4him]

Thinking about doing VT Stage 2 cams in the spring, along w/ 4.10s...what will this do to my gas mileage? It's a DD, so I'd like to keep it as streetable as possible. Thanks!

I've had my car for 2.5 years, only 6K very hard miles on her. It's hard to figure gas mileage when I'm usually slideways going through the gears

Seriously, my guess would be about -5mpg's

 

[GinoGT]

I have 4.10's and get on it often, I rarely see under 18mpg. On tanks with a majority on the highway (never have done an entire tank on the highway), I'll get about 21-22mpg.

The gears and mpg myth is busted. Any decrease is because you can't keep your foot out of it.

 

[CottonBurnerz]

19-23 mixed driving with 4.10.... i want cams though

 

[TrevX]

mine is extremely bad on gas mileage and mine is basically stock except exhaust and cai...i drive like 50-60 highway miles and it eats up 1 mark on the gas meter from full...

 

[paver1]

I am running a blown 306 stroker and get about 12 mpg on the average with 3:55 gears. That is with Comp XE 278 cams.....................

 

[ProCharger GT]

What cams are you running with your blower? SHMs?

BTW, my mileage with my XE270AH cams on the last tank was about 18mpg with mixed driving.

im running crower stage 3 blower cams... .612 lift

 

[93octane]

Same here I live in South Texas and my car is a Bone stock 99 GT. I get 175-200 to a tank and I don't drive hard that often.