Gas Mileage

hybrid-Srt2001 · Post by **hybrid-Srt2001** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:03 am

pulling my afr's down with the safc did wonders for me, i got at least 40 mpg in my acr on the last trip.

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:25 pm

I got 35mpg all highway when i went to Maryland and i get 28 ish on average and its all city pretty much i have srt rims and im lowered and wide tires so that plays into account when i first got the car i averaged 31 mpg city and i never went on a highway trip when i got it.

FuzzyWuzzyBear · Post by **FuzzyWuzzyBear** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:19 pm

-Devil- wrote:if you have a standard ... use your clutch when you are coasting ... keep the rpm's as low as possible ...

This actually reduces your mileage. When your car is idling, yes the RPMs are low but the engine is purely using gas to run it. When your car is slowing down via engine braking while in gear, the momentum of the car is helping to cycle the engine, reducing the amount of gas used.

Ideally when you're slowing down, leave it in whatever gear you were in until the RPM gets low enough where you need to push in the clutch. Downshifting through the gears is unnecessary strain on the transmission, and riding the clutch all the time is unnecessary strain on the throwout bearings.