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Old 03-14-2012, 08:06 PM
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Yep, 4.56s. Most of my driving is kinda in-town'ish. Lots of 4 lane 45 mph limit roads with a good bit of traffic lights. Not ideal for good gas mileage, but better than true city, 1 block at a time between lights driving.

When I go up to the farm property in Georgia I am usually right at 16 for the trip up & back, could do better I'm sure if I stayed around the 70 mph limit, but I'm usually cruise controlled at around 78 mph...
 
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I used to get like 15-16 hwy until I started using the StarTron (and my SC) and coming home yesterday I was at 17.5-18.5. I was so excited when I saw that lol. That was cruising at 70 turning 1750 RPMs
 
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I swear StarBright should be sending my out of work a$$ commission checks! I know I've got well over 100 people using their sh*t by now...
 
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This is good to hear that is seems to be working for everyone. My overhead MPG is right about 14.5 mpg which is about 2 mpg better then where it has been. My guess I could get 16 - 17 mpg if I was only doing highway driving at 65 mph or so. I figure I will get about a 1.5 to 2 mpg gain using this which more then offsets the cost since our E10 is $.10 less.
 
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I am not a big fan of only getting gas when my tank is near empty. So what are you doing for mixing purposes when you need to buy fuel but the tank is only a little below half? I would normally figure on just adding enough to compensate for the fuel you bought, but how do you deal with? I just figure if i start using it when the tank is empty i want to keep the concentration in there but that needs to reflect how much new fuel you add.
 
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The bottle tells you how much to add per amount of gallons of fel
 
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The bottle tells you how much to add per amount of gallons of fel
I normally will fill up when I have 1/4 take left then I will add just about 2 ounces. Like what was said you just put in what you need after you fill up you will know how many gallons you put in. Then just add the needed amount of Star Tron.
 
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Originally Posted by 08HEMI1500
The bottle tells you how much to add per amount of gallons of fel
Yes, i know that. I was wondering about how people are dosing it. Are you waiting for a set point on the fuel gauge to add a certain amount, or do you just do best guess estimate after each fill up?
 
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I simply look at how much gas I put in and estimate at the 1oz. per 16 gallon rate. I'm like a lot of people and top my tank off anytime it's convenient when I'm between 1/4 and 1/2 tank, so lots of times it takes right around 16 gallons anyway...
 
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Originally Posted by HammerZ71
I simply look at how much gas I put in and estimate at the 1oz. per 16 gallon rate. I'm like a lot of people and top my tank off anytime it's convenient when I'm between 1/4 and 1/2 tank, so lots of times it takes right around 16 gallons anyway...
Same method I will be using as well. Since you now how many gallons go in, you just mix the according amount of Star Tron in.
 


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