Gas Milage

[joeraciunas]

i have a 05 can anyone tell me how to get better gas milage i am at 19 mpg right now any kinds of mods or what

[FrEvrNLv]

Ohh, I see a pretty front end in that avatar. :drool:

Don't know what to suggest cuz you're going way better than I am on that mpg ..

Might wanna list what mods you already have on the car though??

[joeraciunas]

the only mods on the engine is a K&N cold air besides that it is a stock V6

[Kawasaki king 2006]

thats bette then my 8MPG goin downhill with a tailwind

.... gotta love the big hemi's

[my86gt]

with the K&N you should be getting better Gas milage since it lets the engine breath better. i get 22-23 MPG on the Highway

[grey_area]

A chip or programmer will give you a little better mpg (as long as you stay off the gas).

[Masshole]

yea stop poppin the clutch at 5k :lmao:

no really tho.... if its a stick just ***** foot it and shortshift.. but what would i kno, my old Notch got like 9mpg in the city :lmao:

[Trimdog]

I have a cl cold air 95 race maf, 62mm t/b, underdrive pulleys, 3.55 r/e. and a tune. and I get 20 in town and 26-27 highway. (8 mpg on track night)lol. V8.

[FrEvrNLv]

Wow! I'm doing something wrong then .. maybe I should pretend to be a grandma in mine, then I'd get better mpg too. :lol:

[joeraciunas]

the K&N helped a little bit but i am looking for more

[Trimdog]

I need to put it on a dyno.. I do not have any pre-det, but I think I'm running real lean with that mpg

[grendel]

i have a procharged 06 gt and i just got 24.5 mpg on a 5 hr trip

[mike05gt]

Is your car a stick or auto? Is that 19mpg city driving?

For a V6 you should be getting alot better than that. Hell I drove my 05 GT to Kerrville last weekend driving 75-80 and got 24.9 mpg

[joeraciunas]

it is auto and 19 is city about 21-23 on highway

[06BlackGT]

Should do better than that on a V6 I get 26.3 hwy around town 17 to 19 mpg oh and I have a 4.6 standard jlt & tune which really SUCKS>>>>>>>>>>>

[MichaelsLilGray]

it is auto and 19 is city about 21-23 on highway

If its an auto.. Make sure you baby the gas peddle.. if you can make it shift at 2k every pass... your milage will be around 23-24 city. Its mainly all your shifting habbits.. yes even in a automatic, Dont let it idle for more than a min in the same spot.. after that min.. you are losing fuel like crazy LOL. Btw... if its under 10k your still breaking in your engine... its not going to give you optimum gas milage untill your tranny and engine has broke in. If you have been romping on it id sugjest you stop... and start driving at 70 in 70's if thas what you do most.. if your in the shity city.. just baby it.. it will be better for your pocketbook in the long run :mick:

[FrEvrNLv]

Also just an idea, but maybe you didn't reset ALL the things (you know mpg, miles to empty, gallons used, fuel economy, etc) when you filled up.

** I'm assuming the V6 has the same setup my GT does on what all to reset when you fill up.

[FredTT]

I get 12-13 mpg. I REALLY need a new tune.

[grendel]

sounds like it....

[TrooperSeven]

19?.... thats great. My 05 GT gets avg 12.1. But I drive with my aircon full blast everywhere I go. Then again a Mustang is a muscle car, so dont expect great gas milage.

[hoofbeats>heartbeats]

I got a '96 6-banger and get just about what you are. About 21/22 around town, 24/25ish highway. Not good but then again I have a little bit of a heavy foot off of stop lights and signs. My brother got 28 when he had to take it up to Kansas once.

My car was also running ******, was in need of a good tune up. HAven't checked since I had it tuned up.

[StangSteph]

yea joe here has a heavy foot at times...if he knows where he's goin haha :lmao: just pickin! you do like to step on it in the parkin lot a bit...:P well...i cant really say too much lol

and i havent figured out how much i've got...just reset it the other day...but my dad has gotten 28 highway and i think about 22-24 in town at most? i think that is what he has said before

[ipchay61]

yea joe here has a heavy foot at times...if he knows where he's goin haha :lmao: just pickin! you do like to step on it in the parkin lot a bit...:P well...i cant really say too much lol

and i havent figured out how much i've got...just reset it the other day...but my dad has gotten 28 highway and i think about 22-24 in town at most? i think that is what he has said before

Pretty close Steph.....21.8 around town right now...26 hwy (best hwy was 27.8) and I don't baby it.

[Midnight Crawler]

i have a 06 i get 20 to 22 in town if im playing about 12 to 14 but on the road i get 30 to 33 mpg and thats run 75 to 85 my last trip to ky. in it i was getting 33 mpg

[joeraciunas]

i know where i am going now that i have my gps thank you very much

[jahammonds1]

I have a V6 with a K&N Aircharger, Magnaflow dual exhaust, Flashpaq, performance filters running all synthetic oil and I get around 19 in the city but I run my car really hard. I am always the first off the line at a red light! On the highway I get about 35mpg doing about 60mph. I usually run about 80mph and get around 28-30mpg!

[jcp123]

Pretty impressive figures. My SVT Focus (high-strung 2.0l 4-banger, 6-speed) only gets around 21 city if I keep up with traffic, 25 city if I baby it (up to just over 30 lately with some of the hypermiling techniques I use), and a solid, repeatable 34+mpg on the highway - best tank of 36.601mpg.

My '67 Mustang on the other hand...well, I'm averaging around 13mpg right now, which is bad even for something of its vintage - my '68 with similar spec engine and rear end averaged 16mpg...

Anyway, here's what I do to maintain fuel economy:
-I keep a close eye on my throttle foot
-Short shift (in my SVT Focus, I shift at only about 1600rpm, the which keeps the next gear up just out of lugging territory; Mustang shifts at about 1100rpm)
-Look ahead to lights - if you see it's red, no sense wasting fuel to keep up your current speed. Coast to it.
-Round corners at higher speed - conserve momentum
-Try to use hills - gain speed down hills, scrub speed up them. Will drive other drivers nuts, but they don't pay to fill your tank.
-Pick a route that's shorter, has less hills, and/or fewer stop signs. Signals can be your friend if you learn to time them.
-Combine trips; a double whammy since you're leaving home only once and coming back once, plus it keeps your engine warm and efficient
-Switch to a clutch fan or electric fan if you don't already have one.
-Reduce weight any way you can
-Use a/c less
-Travel at 55-65mph on the freeway
-Keep tires properly inflated or even a couple PSI over
-Keep vehicle maintained and oil fresh
-If you have a '96 or later automobile (which you obviously do), a ScanGauge II or similar device can really help you hone your skills

[slow_poke]

well i have an 07 gt with c&l racing intake, 95mm maf, tuned, exhaust, and 4:10 gears and i get 17-18 city and 21-22 hwy. mine is also a stick

[sevenleaf]

I get 250 miles per tank highway and between 170-200 city. Sometimes a lot less.

The Supercharger really loves gas in boost.

[li'lbabyV6]

If its an auto.. Make sure you baby the gas peddle.. if you can make it shift at 2k every pass... your milage will be around 23-24 city. Its mainly all your shifting habbits.. yes even in a automatic, Dont let it idle for more than a min in the same spot.. after that min.. you are losing fuel like crazy LOL. Btw... if its under 10k your still breaking in your engine... its not going to give you optimum gas milage untill your tranny and engine has broke in. If you have been romping on it id sugjest you stop... and start driving at 70 in 70's if thas what you do most.. if your in the shity city.. just baby it.. it will be better for your pocketbook in the long run :mick:

i've got a '05 V6 w/exhaust and michael's right, just baby it. don't romp on it everywhere you go (like take it easy from redlights and such) and you should be gettin better than that...i can usually get at least 300 mi to a tank of gas. And on the highway set your cruise...it keeps you from playin with the gas pedal too much and helps gas mileage too.

[jcp123]

On the hills, though, you can do a better job than the cruise control will at keeping up your gas mileage, but you have to have an instantaneous MPG readout to really be able to do it. On my drive home, there's a 6-mile stretch of road with small rolling hills. On cruise my Focus would do ~28mpg, but when I took over, I was able to get a solid 36-38mpg on that same stretch. It takes some practice though.

[Back in Black]

in my 05 GT (manual)...

mods: C&L and Tune...

I run Royal Purple with K&N filter...

On my weekly trip from Houston to Dallas I get 27.xx mpg doing 70 mph and when I go 80-90 mph I get 25 mpg.

Once I got 30.xx mpg doing 60 mph from Ft. Worth to Dallas.