Miles per gallon- What are you getting?
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10-28-2010, 06:44 PM
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okay. magnum motors are meant to be run hard. if you drive like a granny, your not driving in the powerband of the motor, being less efficient. if you drive hard, and keep rpm's in the powerband, you make more power, getplaces quicker, and are more efficient. i noticed this on my truck also. just drive a magnum like its meant to be driven and you'll get better mpg.
Don't know if it's true but I agree. On many occasions I have gotten better gas mileage from driving 75-85 mph. Mainly in the interstate. Averaged over 17mpg on a trip from KY to FL with a motorcycle in the back, prolly a total of 700 lbs total. Pulled a car trailer with '60s model cruisers from KY through the hills of WV and TN and got about 11 mpg. Normal daily driving @ 60% interstate gets about 14-15mpg completely stock.
So i agree to drive it hard, just don't get a ticket,
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01-29-2011, 03:58 PM
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4.7L Magnaflow Cat back Duals, K&N CAI, 265x70x17 3.55 gears.
average over the last year has been 14mpg, not acceptable that a little bitty V-8 with stock tires and wheels can not do better than that. It gets 9-10 with a small trailer behind it. 14-15 otherwise. I like the power but think for the mileage it ought to be a LOT MORE POWER, I had a big block 460 ford that did almost as good and it ran a LOT BETTER.
average over the last year has been 14mpg, not acceptable that a little bitty V-8 with stock tires and wheels can not do better than that. It gets 9-10 with a small trailer behind it. 14-15 otherwise. I like the power but think for the mileage it ought to be a LOT MORE POWER, I had a big block 460 ford that did almost as good and it ran a LOT BETTER.
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01-29-2011, 06:54 PM
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highway...
My MPG varies quite a bit... especially depending on where I get my gas. Last time I reset the MPG calculator in my truck it averaged around 11.9 for about 500 miles. But, I'm pretty sure that was a few tanks of winter gas, because it's never been that bad. Before a 250 mile road trip yesterday I filled up and reset the calc, and I actually managed to get 17.7 MPG on the highway the whole way. That was with the cruise set at 70 MPH 90% of the time, which is about 1900 RPMs. Everything is stock except for the exhaust, which is a Cherry Bomb glass pack dumped before the rear axle.