$4 a gallon raises MPG question

[GLHNSLHT2]

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Originally Posted by capev86 thats why the 2.5 T2 setup ain't going in my 86 k wagon any time soon.....i'm putting in a 91 2.5 tbi and 3spd auto (with lockup converter) and converting it to mpi with sbec 1 electronics....i already have most of the parts courtesy of two 2.5 T1 motors!

Nothing wrong with a 2.5 T2 setup. Mine get's 32-34 around town and 40 on the freeway in a Pig heavy ShelbyZ

[Reaper1]

UnaClocker, while that article has a point, it misses one BIG thing...there are a LOT of politicians that have MAJOR investments in oil...they are going to keep fuel prices in a range that makes them filthy friggin rich and the rest of the population stupid poor. While I agree that the price of nearly everything is going up, one thing that kind of strikes me as odd is the fact that when you go to change your oil, the motor oil really hasn't gone up much in price. Hmmm....makes you think a bit.....

Just wanted to add I broke the 30mpg wall for my car today! I drove from Jacksonville to Sebring and got all the way back to Daytona before I had to refill(and a stupid expensive $4.33/gal!!!). I got 31.1mpg at an average speed of around 62mph. That was fairly mixed driving as when I was heading back from Sebring I kept hitting traffic lights and got mixed up in a little traffic in Orlando. If I can make the WB send the signal to my SMEC and I can change the switch point a bit higher, I bet I could get 35mpg easily on the highway!

I also noticed that around 70-75mph that there was a difference of 3-5mpg on my 12-button traveler depending on whether I was following another car or not. I found that using the standard 3-second rule worked VERY well, and even having a car beside me made an improvement! Just something to think about when cruising on the highway. Oh, and I did verify that my vacume did register slightly higher(numerically in the vac side of my gage) when following other cars. I also found that if a car was following me I gained about 2mpg, no other changes..I did not slow down(I did let off the gas a tad becuase not as much throttle was needed to maintain speed).

I just thought that was some interesting info...

[BlueShadow]

In Vancouver, BC were paying 138.9 for 87 octane.
Thats 5.258 a gallon. (5.372 for 94 octane)

[Low Impedance]

im going to get my omni running again so i can take my rx7 off daily driver duties. 17 mpg freeway isnt cutting it

[UnaClocker]

Too bad you can't run a Rotary on diesel. It'd get better mileage, it'd get better torque, the apex seals would stay lubed, since you're burning oil. But I guess getting the compression that high would take an act of god.

[Reaper1]

Well..since diesels basically work on somewhat controlled detonation I don't think the extra lube from the fuel is going help the apex seals at all! LOL

[Screamin4banger]

Used Geo Metro - $1500

[crusty shadow]

locking gas caps wont do shit! at least around here they wont. since most newer cars have an anti siphon screen in the fill neck now, niggers in the city are litterally runnin around with cordless drills and punching a hole in the bottom of tanks and pulling out every last drop. i hope their caprice/crown vic / monte/cutlass/ burns to the ****in ground! was on the news this week.....

[Zed]

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Originally Posted by crusty shadow Locking gas caps won't do shit! At least around here they won't. Since most newer cars have an anti-siphon screen in the fill neck now, niggers in the city are literally running around with cordless drills and punching a hole in the bottom of tanks and pulling out every last drop. I hope their caprice/crown vic / monte/cutlass/ burns to the ****in ground! Was on the news this week.....

fixed the spelling for you

[UnaClocker]

Geeze dude, get a little bit more racist why don't ya. Hell, it's brilliant. If I wanted gas out of a tank and didn't give a damn about the tank I was getting it from, I'd drill a hole in the bottom as well. Especially now that most tanks are plastic. And the best part is, the biggest tanks are the easiest to get to, SUV's tend to be high enough up in the air that it's pretty easy to get to the tank with a drill. But I wouldn't recommend a cordless drill, there are some pretty hefty sparks coming off the brushes in the motor. I'd use one of those hand crank egg-beater type drills. Won't take much to get through the plastic of a gas tank. And just think, you'll be doing the environment, and the nation's gas consumption a favor in the process. One less gas guzzling SUV on the road.

[crusty shadow]

well since its been happening in predominantly black neighborhoods full of SUV's with 24's on em, who else would be doing it? its pricks like that that give good honest hard working black people a bad name. i have black friends and they all agree with me, i just dont drop the n bomb in front of em out of respect. besides, everybody knows there are 2 sides to every group of people, the good side whom youd be happy to meet and the bad side that reinforces stereotypes. i wont call someone names like that untill they've proven to me that they are that type of person- black dudes runnin around drillin holes in gas tanks=niggers. black people will say the exact same thing and you know it. but thats a whole different thread on a whole different board. i do live in missouri you know.....lol

[MachIIIRayzor]

It's over $5/gallon equivalent here in Alberta too and were the ones selling the oil!
Good thing we elect nothing but the brightest politicians! Can't wait for that carbon tax to kick in!

I'd kill myself via carbon monoxide poisoning but I can't afford to!