MPG Mods?

Lucanesti · Post by **Lucanesti** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 2:50 pm

Ok, I been looking around for which mods I can do to increase MPG.

All I've been able to find is basic guides telling me to change the spark plugs or drive like the asshole everyone flips off cause hes doing less than 60 on the highway and accelerating slower than a stoned hippie with a cop behind him.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:01 pm

Please use the really cool "search" button up there. A quick search pulls this up....

viewtopic.php?t=47871&highlight=mpg+fuel+economy

Lucanesti · Post by **Lucanesti** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:06 pm

That thread was very disappointing.

Throw out my A/C and drive 55 miles is all I got out of it.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:20 pm

Other than what you said in your first and second post, that about the long and the short of it.

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:26 pm

Yeah, and you're welcome.

Try this, too

Don't seem so disappointed with results others are finding for you.

BigMac · Post by **BigMac** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:59 am

Install a vacuum gauge, and don't let it ever read zero.

04R/T · Post by **04R/T** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:01 am

How about a set ofLRR tires?

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:33 am

A stock or fairly stock 2.0 should get easily 30mpg set up right....

alsey_seven · Post by **alsey_seven** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:48 am

ya get a Prius

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:14 am

All the things that make cars more comfortable to drive are the things that cost gas mileage. Throw away everything. Lose 600lb out of the car. Use an underdrive pulley. Drive 40 in 5th on the highway. On an extended trip, you'll probably get 50mpg. Although at the cost of half again the time that it normally would have taken you plus the frustration of having to look at the same corn field that much longer before getting to the next one.

Post by **occasional demons** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:00 am

Something wrong with corn fields?

Yeah, I suppose you're right.

Paul56 · Post by **Paul56** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:28 pm

Lucanesti wrote:Ok, I been looking around for which mods I can do to increase MPG.

- turn a/c off and keep the windows shut
- drive like there is an egg between your foot and the fuel pedal
- lighten the load... both you and your vehicle on a diet
- make sure the engine is well maintained
- correct tire pressure
- no excessive idling
- no trips just to drive around
- no fueling it right up to the stop light only to slam on the
brakes... drive ahead and ease up on the fuel
- walk more... lol

Public Disturbance · Post by **Public Disturbance** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:27 pm

I took the AC/PS out, didn't just take off the belt actually took it off and I went from 255-260miles a tank to 265-270 a tank but I also have a ATX so yeah it sucks.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:45 am

I get 32mpg highway in the SRT. You should be able to get a fair amount of mileage, without sacrificing anything, just by paying attention to your driving. Neons aren't gas hogs at all....unless you force them

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:47 am

Public Disturbance wrote:I took the AC/PS out, didn't just take off the belt actually took it off and I went from 255-260miles a tank to 265-270 a tank but I also have a ATX so yeah it sucks.

No AC or PS for 10 more miles on a tank? F that.

Post by **racer12306** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:25 pm

I just drive and get mid to upper 30s on highway trips.

If you don't like that, get a different car. My personal high is 40mpg.

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:51 pm

This is on a 1gn but all the same principals apply. If you have an atx you're shit out of luck.

http://forums.neons.org/viewtopic.php?f ... e#p2457757

Hudson_Neon · Post by **Hudson_Neon** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 6:30 pm

do a MS install. you could see 38-40 mpg with that when tuned right

Post by **racer12306** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:30 pm

I don't need no stinking MS.

In all seriousness, 03+ cars, because of the deep 5th and an optimized computer, can easily get upper 30s on a regular basis.

Hudson_Neon · Post by **Hudson_Neon** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:32 pm

maybe if you're one of those people that drives all hwy and no city

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:48 am

Well yeah, if you throw city in the mix that goes out the window.

I'll probably be driving my Neon back and forth to work for a week or so while my work car is getting repair, so it will be interesting to see what it gets then.

But yeah, the 40mpg tank was pure 65mph highway.

Post by **occasional demons** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:48 am

City/Urban, I get 30 -32, with the .81 fifth gear. I think the .74 fifth would kill city mileage if fifth was used. Mine still seems to like 4th better for ~35 mph. But fifth still does ok. I no longer hit 40 hwy with the Magnum head. 38 maybe. You would think 3000+ rpm would do better with larger exhaust ports. :shrugs:

b1llyw · Post by **b1llyw** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 12:11 pm

I got 32.5 all highway with my latest car. Checked the air in the tires and getting 33.5 now. It's all highway but I do hit a fair amount of traffic.

Donkeypuncher · Post by **Donkeypuncher** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 1:41 pm

I get about 33-34 mpg in the city doing 40-45 mph, but I could probably get better if I really tried. Highways are 70 mph around here, which means 75-80 mph with the flow of traffic. Not sure what my mpg is for highway since I do 80/20 city/highway.

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