[Shotimes] Fuel Milage

[Bruce Malachuk]

On my recent trip down to NYC and back I got 29mpg over a 600 mile timespan.
I filled up before I left, then put in ~9 gallons in NJ on the way home.
Then drove around for my week, then filled up. The trip wot the city and
back was about 300 miles round trip, so the other 300 mi was a mix of
highway and some stop and go. This is after I got my LPM in. When I head to
FL I'm hopping that I'll see 29-32mpg on the highway. I think with 93
octane, fresh 60k tuneup, and a LPM low 30's on an MTX drive conservatively
should be possible.

I never downshift for braking, less its something I have to stop quick for.
I think it's amazing that for the $150 in parts for my 60k (no wires yet)
and the other $150 I spent on my LPM that I can get such amazing mileage
outta my SHO. I find it hard pressed for many new cars to give real world
numbers for MPG while matching our HP/TQ numbers at the same time. Granted
when I get on my car alot I'll see 20mpg or less. When I get to the point of
getting an EEC tuner I think that I could play around a little more and get
even better mileage. I'd love to have a bunch of different loadable configs,
a HP/TQ one, a good balance one, and a great mileage one.But I think the
need for a tuner is a good while away, unless I can get one for a good
price.

Bruce
94 Opal Frost MTX
94 Deep Emerald Green ATX - w/90k gonna be parted

----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Salaets" <jsalaets@msn.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Fuel Milage


> > Could be a part of it depending on how fast you are going.  12 still
seems
> > almost impossibly low for these cars though.
>
> The worst mileage I've ever gotten was during a track day - about 100
miles
> of track driving, and I got 9.5 mpg.  Mind you, this was 100 miles of WOT,
> hard braking, WOT, repeated many, many times. : )  The best mileage I've
> gotten is 30 mpg, and I get this once in awhile when I'm on long trips on
> the freeway and can avoid mashing the pedal.  I average about 18-20 mpg in
> town and 25-30 mpg on the open road.
>
> Not too bad for a mid-size, older, V6 sedan!  The friend of mine with a
> Contour SVT is lucky to get above 22 mpg on the open road.  His mileage is
> about the same as mine around town, yet he has shorter gears (probably why
> his highway mpg sucks), a newer engine, and less weight.  Another friend
of
> mine with a Focus ZX3 gets the same mileage I get around town, and once in
> awhile gets 30 mpg on the freeway in a 4-banger!  Come to think of it, my
> SHO is the least thirsty car out of all my friends, and will spank them
all
> in a straight line! : )
>
> Josh Salaets
> 95 SHO MTX (See it at: www.cardomain.com/id/sh0gun)
> 85 Omni GLH-T (Yeah, it's fast)
> NWSHOC Member
> Eugene, OR
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