gas mileage tips

Cameron23

Skid Plates
Founding Member
Location
Kansas
I often use premium. Not for the performance boost but because it won't contain ethanol. I don't trust ethanol in my engine may sound stupid but I'd rather pay an extra 10 or 20 cents per gallon to guarantee no ethanol. Granted some companies don't mix ethanol with their lower octane so I'll fill up with the cheap stuff then.


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KChurch86

Banned
Founding Member
Good list, the thing on here that I think people overlook the most is tire air pressure. Well, that and not driving aggressively (heavy acceleration, constant speed fluctuations, etc.)

You know what I found works? Turning the snorkel head around backwards! I literally (not figuratively, but really literally) doubled my mileage by turning my snorkel head around backwards.

Originally I had turned it around because I had to drive almost 2 hours in a blizzard and didn't want to suck snow the entire time. Forgot to turn it back around the next day and noticed that instead of using just over 1/4 tank on the drive to work, I used 1/8 tank. Thought it was a fluke, but I've left it that way for about 2 weeks and regardless of how I drive, I'm continuing to use 1/8 tank of gas for the 35 mile drive. Hell of a lot better than 1/4 tank in 35 miles!!

Example using nice, easy to work with numbers:

If your engine knows that it needs 1,000 CFM of air, then it knows it needs to use 100 ounces of fuel. If you're cramming 2,000 cfm of air into it, then the mass air flow sensor is reading that and telling the computer to dump 200 ounces of fuel into the system, regardless of the fact that the engine really still needs just 1,000 cfm of air and 100 ounces of fuel.
 

Diadaga

Suspension Lift
Founding Member
Location
Virginia
Until they got to the nut behind the wheel part it was good. Seems like they contradict themselves with a few of the behind the wheel ones.

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GPD605X

Lockers Installed
Founding Member
Location
Gulfport, MS
I've given up on getting good MPG's. I'm getting 11.6 right now and not sure what else I could do lol. I'm getting a snork so maybe that will get me to at least 12-13. That's why I bought me a motorcycle :)
 

civicjoe

lone wolf mod
Founding Member
Location
Nevada
The only way to get better mpg is to leave it stock and get only highway tires!
As far as once you've already tinkered the best thing I've heard is the intake manifold spacer. I strangely did improve my mpg when I installed skid plates


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