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Engine & Drivetrain
What are the best gas mileage upgrade mods?
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<blockquote data-quote="Richard L" data-source="post: 897666" data-attributes="member: 52972"><p>I agree with TrainTrac.</p><p></p><p>The best thing you can do to help gas mileage is to closely monitor your driving habits. This is best done with a ScanGauge or some kind of trip computer that provides instanteous MPG readouts. That allows you to see exactly what driving habits you have that save gas and which habits are eating up your gas.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My car has has a built int computer with digital readout of gas mileage and I can see how much gas mileage I am wasting by just pulling away from a traffic light a little to briskly. I can actually see my fuel mileage drop by 0.1 MPG about every 20-30 feet as long as I continue to accelerate at that speed. If I pull away from the light slowly the mileage only drops 0.1 MPG every 200-300 feet. That's about 10 times better mileage just pulling away from a single traffic light. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>People always say to pull away from lights slowly to save fuel, but until you can see just how much fuel it saves, it's hard to imagine there is that much difference.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>...Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard L, post: 897666, member: 52972"] I agree with TrainTrac. The best thing you can do to help gas mileage is to closely monitor your driving habits. This is best done with a ScanGauge or some kind of trip computer that provides instanteous MPG readouts. That allows you to see exactly what driving habits you have that save gas and which habits are eating up your gas. My car has has a built int computer with digital readout of gas mileage and I can see how much gas mileage I am wasting by just pulling away from a traffic light a little to briskly. I can actually see my fuel mileage drop by 0.1 MPG about every 20-30 feet as long as I continue to accelerate at that speed. If I pull away from the light slowly the mileage only drops 0.1 MPG every 200-300 feet. That's about 10 times better mileage just pulling away from a single traffic light. People always say to pull away from lights slowly to save fuel, but until you can see just how much fuel it saves, it's hard to imagine there is that much difference. ...Rich [/QUOTE]
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