Gas Mileage comparisons! V8's
I was just curious if I could find out what others are getting with their mods, driving style and city/highway mileage.
Personally, I don't have much highway at all. At MOST its 20%. Not only that, my car barely has time to get to operating temperature from the time I get out of my driveway, and then to work (2.5 miles) or even a gas station or walmart. (3-4 miles)
So, that being said, and letting you know that I drive with my rear wheels spinning and foot in the gas
I'm getting about 13mpg right now in this 20 degree weather!!!
Admittedly, I LOOOOVE the throaty sound of these JB Headers and the HKS exhaust. WOW! I can't keep my foot out of it, I gotta hear that sound! it's not just the HKS either, I've had them for a year. It's those darn headers. From idle to 1/3 throttle, all is pretty normal, but when you dig in deeper, it just gets throaty and starts sounding way too cool. And I even have a stock intake and filter! (I need to get sound clips!)
What are your mods and what are you getting? Be sure to mention your driving mix and style!!
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Personally, I don't have much highway at all. At MOST its 20%. Not only that, my car barely has time to get to operating temperature from the time I get out of my driveway, and then to work (2.5 miles) or even a gas station or walmart. (3-4 miles)
So, that being said, and letting you know that I drive with my rear wheels spinning and foot in the gas
I'm getting about 13mpg right now in this 20 degree weather!!!
Admittedly, I LOOOOVE the throaty sound of these JB Headers and the HKS exhaust. WOW! I can't keep my foot out of it, I gotta hear that sound! it's not just the HKS either, I've had them for a year. It's those darn headers. From idle to 1/3 throttle, all is pretty normal, but when you dig in deeper, it just gets throaty and starts sounding way too cool. And I even have a stock intake and filter! (I need to get sound clips!)
What are your mods and what are you getting? Be sure to mention your driving mix and style!!
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ok i guess i am very much a grandpa...... i reset my odometer every time, and usually i add gas when i go about 250 to 270 miles, and to the full it will be about 13 gallons of gas....
so do the math, that's a whopping 19-20mpg!!!!! i can't be happier, considering that i have tc and lsd, and occasionally i will decide to go at it and have some fun
so do the math, that's a whopping 19-20mpg!!!!! i can't be happier, considering that i have tc and lsd, and occasionally i will decide to go at it and have some fun
I have no motor mods, and I average 15MPG. My driving style is to floor it whenever I can. Shifting by hand (to the best of the shifter's ability). The car is a beast in 1st gear around town. A BEAST!
My driving is 80% highway, 20% city mileage-wise (or 50/50 time-wise).
2002 GS430.
-pavel.
My driving is 80% highway, 20% city mileage-wise (or 50/50 time-wise).
2002 GS430.
-pavel.
Similar to you guys, I would get 17-19 when the car was stock, driving around town mostly.
Then came the torque converter, and I dropped to about 15-17..
Then came the cold weather and the headers, and now I'm a fat and happy 13!
Then came the torque converter, and I dropped to about 15-17..
Then came the cold weather and the headers, and now I'm a fat and happy 13!
Originally Posted by BA_GS400
Similar to you guys, I would get 17-19 when the car was stock, driving around town mostly.
Then came the torque converter, and I dropped to about 15-17..
Then came the cold weather and the headers, and now I'm a fat and happy 13!
Then came the torque converter, and I dropped to about 15-17..
Then came the cold weather and the headers, and now I'm a fat and happy 13!
there's probably a good argument for how a 3.23 and TC keeps you in the TC slip-mode longer than if you had better gears like the 3.76's and a TC. Maybe my gas mileage will go UP when the LSD goes in!!
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Originally Posted by BA_GS400
there's probably a good argument for how a 3.23 and TC keeps you in the TC slip-mode longer than if you had better gears like the 3.76's and a TC. Maybe my gas mileage will go UP when the LSD goes in!! 

Originally Posted by rominl
but the 3.76 constantly keeps the rpm higher, i think that's more "serious" problem 

The NAV may not be perfect, but it will be equally wrong for all tests, eh?
For instance, before the headers, I got noticeably better highway mileage (2-3) at 80-82mph than I did at 70mph.
DAVE GS, glad to see I'm not the only one in the gutter here!

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