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Old December 13th, 2006, 08:10 PM   #1
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Gas mileage

Im a broke college kid but ive been thinking bout 373's in my 5-speed. i drive 2 hrs. home almost every weekend. do you thing it'll be worth it in the long run since it's my daily driver? i dont want to slaughter my mpg.
 
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3:73's will be just fine man
 
Old December 13th, 2006, 08:26 PM   #3
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what are the chances of my K&N evening the gears out to my original mpg? No way?
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Old December 13th, 2006, 08:45 PM   #4
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the gears are really only gunna hurt your highway miles
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yeah CAI might give you 3mpg if your lucky the gears will steal more on the highway which I guess is what you will be driving mainly.
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Old December 13th, 2006, 10:34 PM   #6
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i wouldnt recommend getting gears if you drive that long....because it will kick your rpms up and it will still your mpg...but if you didnt drive that far then i would say get them
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Old December 13th, 2006, 11:15 PM   #7
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With 3.73 gears and an auto tranny, I ran about 2800rpm to 3000rpm at 70mph.
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Old December 14th, 2006, 12:08 AM   #8
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Go with 4:10s. What is two gallons or less on the interstate? lol, plus you will like them alot more when you kill people off the line!

I think the trade-off is worth it but others disagree.
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i'd say 3.73s..it wont hurt your gas that much
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Old December 14th, 2006, 12:32 AM   #10
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you will be fine on the highway with 4.10s even. below 70 mph in my auto with 4.10s and i get 20+mpg
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Old December 14th, 2006, 12:38 AM   #11
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Im averaging 22 mpg now. What will average after the change? The 22 mpg is when I drive 130 miles on the highway, and burn the rest in town.
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Originally Posted by 2000Mustang
Im averaging 22 mpg now. What will average after the change? The 22 mpg is when I drive 130 miles on the highway, and burn the rest in town.
gas milage will only change +/- 1 or 2 mpg on average from 2.73 to 4.10. your driving habits may become more lead-footed, but under the same conditions, the change is not much.
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Old December 14th, 2006, 01:08 AM   #13
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i get 18 even when driving normal..... i hate it.
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12 city, 20 interstate....i'll take that for a 5.0 with stock gears....shouldnt change that much when i get 4:10s, but the rest of the mods will probably hurt it lol. it will not be driven too much when everything is done with it though!
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Originally Posted by 232stang
i get 18 even when driving normal..... i hate it.
I get the same hopefully my SCT tuner will help me some.
 
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i dont really mind i guess i just cant figure out how the autos are getting better gas mileage with gears and im shifting at 2k rpms the whole tank... lol w/e
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Old December 14th, 2006, 01:31 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by 232stang
i dont really mind i guess i just cant figure out how the autos are getting better gas mileage with gears and im shifting at 2k rpms the whole tank... lol w/e
Me either and I have an auto without gears.
 
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I have reported 22 for the last 7-8 tanks. I shift around 2500 rpm.
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Old December 14th, 2006, 02:35 AM   #19
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... damn you all... i have been filling up only a few gallons at a time to save as much weight and their for fuel... as possible... im getting around 16 mpg... damn those manuals and those fuckers with their small engines that allways wanna race...

get the 3.73 or look into maybe some 3.50's i think thats what it is let me do some research for ya really quick
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Aight click me!

here is the thing those are for the 8.8 i emailed them trying to find out if they will work or not... but before the respond some one will check this and tell us that they won't work ... and they will probably say you fucktard or something too so
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