Fuel Mileage for the weekend

[neanderpaul]

Lol! I have another "clean" friend who describes making good time as "I was really whipping the poop here" LOL!!!! :lol:

[Darlo]

That is nice mileage! I have almost a year of fill ups, I am averaging 45.8mpg! Including when I had my studded winter tires on! I finally have a worthy opponant for mpg battles! LOL (Althogh Pu241 and I were doing that somewhat before)

[getnpsi]

I think it's going to be skewed towards who gets more consistant warm weather faster. Air up those tires, then air them up some more.

[FestYboy]

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ok so you're compairing apples and oranges i see...

[crusher773]

Step one:
Buy a Haynes or Ford manual for your car.
This will save you more time and money than anything else you can do.

got one just haven't looked into it yet. if its on there i'll take a look this weekend

[neanderpaul]

ok so you're compairing apples and oranges i see...

5th fill up yielded - 46.6 mpg with some sustained 70mph driving through NC.

Nope. a 10 mpg difference at similar speeds means ac and more of a load cost me 10 mpg. that's unacceptable. My idle isn't perfect. And I want to clean my egr and my intake. The tube from the airbox to the throttle body isn't squeaky. So I have room for improvement.

[getnpsi]

If you like to tinker try making a larger egr connection. At partial throttle you may lose a little power but if you're driving with an egg under your gas pedal it's what you want. When you mash gas it's off anyway (if working proper)

[FestYboy]

uhhh, you don't have an EGR on the 90LX. and with as much load as you were putting on the engine, 10mpg isn't all that much at our efficiancy levels.

[kartracer46]

Nope. a 10 mpg difference at similar speeds means ac and more of a load cost me 10 mpg. that's unacceptable. My idle isn't perfect. And I want to clean my egr and my intake. The tube from the airbox to the throttle body isn't squeaky. So I have room for improvement.

The creampuff isn't going to have an egr valve. Nevermind FestyBoy posted before I could hit the button. lol

[Safety Guy]

Paul, 10 mpg doesn't sound bad to me either--full load, A/C running and at higher freeway speeds (over 65 mph) 39 mpg sounds fine. Not that you can't eak out another one or two if you're careful. Maybe some aero mods and make absolutely sure you have perfect wheel bearings, tune up, etc.

I just returned from my "southern trip" in Aqua (a huge shakedown cruise!) after timing her B6 to a nice 7 degrees and initial results are 37 to 42 mpg at sustained speeds around 70 mph. I'm pretty happy because before that around town I got as low as 27 mpg.

Karl

[neanderpaul]

I'm getting 38 in town.

[FestYboy]

^unloaded and not at excessive speeds.... you should figure out how much weight you actually loaded in Cream Puff for the trip, also how flat is the terrain round your house?

[neanderpaul]

People and stuff about 650lbs. The terrain I run locally is moderate with some hills.

[FestYboy]

that's over the GVRW if i remember correctly... just sayin i still wouldn't be too flustered by those numbers. remember, you were STILL getting better mpg than 98% of NEW vehicals on the road.

[neanderpaul]

My bro in laws 06 civic will get 40 at 75 with ac on. And it's an auto. I'm just frustrated with the decrease from in town to highway.