Great Gas Mileage!!!

[03NCSTANG]

Over the weekend I drove over 12 hours on the highway in my stang. I was very surprised when my car was averaging 33 mpg or better. Before I added my mods, I only got around 28 to 29 mpg. My only engine mods are the steeda timing adjuster, underdrive pulleys, and intake spacer. Have any of you seen gains like this on gas mileage? Or is my car just a freak?!

 

[03redfiregt]

those are good numbers man. i have'nt checked my mialage on the highway but i get like 21mpg around town. wich i was pretty happy about since its only rated at 18.

 

[03NCSTANG]

those are good numbers man. i have'nt checked my mialage on the highway but i get like 21mpg around town. wich i was pretty happy about since its only rated at 18.

Yeah, you're right around what i get in the city. I get 260 miles when the light first comes on. It's just so hard not flooring it and spanking those ricers all around me. I live in a military town, so there is an abundance of those things running around.

 

[tjm73]

In a mostly country road (not highway) tank of fuel I averaged just over 23 in my '98 GT. It's bone stock.

Currently I'm runnign a tank with a mix of country and highway. Seems to be better so far.

 

[Blakers01GT]

yeah those numbers are great. I am getting around 18 or 19 city. 25 or 26 highway, and about 22 mix. very pleased though.

 

[StngStr]

you measured wrong.

 

[03NCSTANG]

I figured someone would challenge me...Here's how i calculated it.

15.7 gallons = 232 ticks...check mustang world...
15.7/232 = 0.0679 gallons/tick

my car had 332 miles @ 82 ticks

(15.7g - (82*.0679g) * X = 332miles
X = (332miles/10.042g)
X = 33.0611mpg

 

[VOORHEES]

When I drove my GT everyday, I would get 20.5 in mixed driving. Which is really good in my opinion. On a road trip, I got 27 mpg once, that included a few 80+ blasts.
Its always possible.
-Jason

 

[Vipermmx]

Just got back from a trip to texas and I was getting around 27mpg (stock)besides flow and K&N filter. Loved every bit of it!

 

[MustangJunkie]

I don't get good gas mileage...I punch it too much. Can't help it!!!

 

[Prometheus]

I figured someone would challenge me...Here's how i calculated it.

15.7 gallons = 232 ticks...check mustang world...
15.7/232 = 0.0679 gallons/tick

my car had 332 miles @ 82 ticks

(15.7g - (82*.0679g) * X = 332miles
X = (332miles/10.042g)
X = 33.0611mpg

First of all, why don't you post a link to your "ticks" references, because its nonsense. Had you bothered to notice, simply dividing your miles by your number of gallons on a refill would have given you the same results without the ticks.

Second of all, your calculations regarding the ticks does not match your results for the amount of gallons needed for the refill. You state that 15.7 gallons equals 232 ticks, fine and dandy. To find the number of ticks per gallon you divide 232/15.7, which equals 14.777 ticks per gallon. Therefore, your 82 ticks would mean you only burned 5.549 gallons of gas, since 82 ticks/ 14.777 ticks per gallon = 5.549 gallons, which is not even close to your 10.042 gallons. What you have done, in effect, is confused the gas burned with the gas left in the tank.

 

[StngStr]

I figured someone would challenge me...Here's how i calculated it.

15.7 gallons = 232 ticks...check mustang world...
15.7/232 = 0.0679 gallons/tick

my car had 332 miles @ 82 ticks

(15.7g - (82*.0679g) * X = 332miles
X = (332miles/10.042g)
X = 33.0611mpg

You're a bonehead.

If you traveled 332 miles and used 15.7 gallons, you got 21.146 mpg, not 33.

 

[nickthegenius]

You should have your GT dipped at Petsmart to get rid of those ticks.

 

[rjstaaf]

Man if I were you I would just delete the whole thread and pretend it never happened

 

[68 & 00 GT]

not to mention we have 14 gallon tanks -

anyway if you are getting any better gas mileage your mods have probably leaned out your tune / a/f mix. Maybe not bad for now, or on a n/a engine, but not exactly the safest way to go.

 

[Pertums]

with that math you'll need a hartz 2 in 1 collar!

 

[StngStr]

with that math you'll need a hartz 2 in 1 collar!

 

[03NCSTANG]

http://www.mustangworld.com/ourpics/News/99hec.htm

go down to the fuel part...

your computer shows 232 as full stop. That means you cannot put anymore fuel in the
car that the computer can recognize. So what your computer sees (232), your fuel
take is at 15.7 gallons...Full to the rim.

So, if the computer see's my gas level at 82, then that's a little under 1/4 of a tank, leaving me a little over 5 gallons in my tank...meaning, i burned over 10 gallons. so yes, i did get 33mpg.

can anyone else see the reasoning in this??

 

[nickthegenius]

"Reasoning" and a link to "RicestangWorld" in the same post

 

[rjstaaf]

Who cares what the computer says. The way you calculate mileage is to fill the tank as full as you can get it, run the car and then at the next fillup note how many gallons you put in and how many miles you went since the last fillup. Then you divide the miles by the gallons. That is what mpg means, miles/gallon. You are making it more complicated than it needs to be.

The problem I see with your logic is you are assuming that 232=full to the rim. It doesn't say anywhere in that article that 232=15.7 gallons.

The only way to accurately measure is to look at the pump to see how much you actually put in and then divide that into how many miles you went.