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Old May 23, 2004 | 04:20 PM
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I am looking to see what the trends and differences are on certain items that affect gas milage on our cars

So i am going to put a database together and figure out what helps and hurts etc. that we might normally overlook and how much. So what i will need from everyone of you that measures your milage is to fill out as many of these as you can:

1) Year and Type of car (N/A / Super)
2) Milage on car
3) Octane Rating used regularly
4) Type of spark plug
5) CAI (Yes/No)
6) Free-flow muffler/ exhaust (Yes/No)
7) Injector Cleaner Usage
Top Clean/Seafoam (Yes/No)
9) MPG or Miles per tank (and gallons used if known)
10) Short Description of your driving style

Thank you all, i appologise for the length of it... However, the more of you that respond the better ideas i can get and report back!
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Old May 23, 2004 | 04:28 PM
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I'll bite, considering my mileage is about equal to an L67

1. 96 Aurora (NA)
2. 90 500 miles
3. 91 octane
4. Delco Platinum
5. Gutted airbox w/K&N
6. Yes....free flowing exhaust
7. Yes, 4 times a year
8. No
9. 25 mpg hghway/17 mpg city (9.1L/100km hwy, 15.8L/100km city) - 17 gallon (70L tank)
10. Brisk, aggresive
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Old May 23, 2004 | 08:59 PM
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1. 97 SE (NA)
2. 161k miles
3. 90
4. OEM (pretty old i think)
5. not CAI, just a pipe w/ K&N
6. No
7. No
8. No
9. about 23-24 mpg
10. Hard acceleration when needed, usually not over 3k RPMs when driving around town, most of the miles are on the interstate.
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Old May 23, 2004 | 11:20 PM
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1. 93 SSEi
2. 90K
3. 92
4. AC Delco
5. Yes, Homemade with cheapo filter
6. No
7. No
8. No
9. 18-22mpg
10. Heavy Accleration, average between 70-80 mph on highway. Mixed driving between town and highway.
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Old May 24, 2004 | 10:06 PM
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Default Re: Gas Milage Database... Need info!

Originally Posted by bmsgaffer86

1) Year and Type of car (N/A / Super)
2) Milage on car
3) Octane Rating used regularly
4) Type of spark plug
5) CAI (Yes/No)
6) Free-flow muffler/ exhaust (Yes/No)
7) Injector Cleaner Usage
Top Clean/Seafoam (Yes/No)
9) MPG or Miles per tank (and gallons used if known)
10) Short Description of your driving style
1 1993 SLE N/A
2 65,200
3 87
4 AC Delco
5 no
6 yes GM high flow dual outlet (N10)
7 has been a while
8 no
9 25-27 mpg
10 I drive on mostly 4 lane roads with speeds forn 50-70 mph. On trip from NC to PA i averaged 27 mpg with a car load of stuff, alot of stuff.
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Old May 24, 2004 | 10:10 PM
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1) 1995 Bonneville N/A
2) 185,800 Miles
3) 87
4) AC Delco
5) No, but soon
6) No
7) Every 3 Mos.
No
9) MPG 27 Highway, 19 City
10) Aggressive but conservative
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Old May 24, 2004 | 10:47 PM
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1) 00 SSEi
2) 40,000
3) 94
4) Autolite 104 gapped at .55
5) CAI (Yes)
6) Free-flow muffler/ exhaust (Yes) (Headers)
7) Injector Cleaner Usage (None)
Top Clean/Seafoam (Yes)
9) 33HWY/17City
10) stoplight to stoplight in 3.2 seconds.
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Originally Posted by big_boss2010
10) Aggressive but conservative
WTF?
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Old May 25, 2004 | 09:48 AM
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1) 1993 SSEi
2) 103,000 miles
3) 92 octane (95 occasionally)
4) NGK V-Power TR6 plugs (.060)
5) CAI (Yes)
6) Free-flow muffler/ exhaust (Yes)
7) Injector Cleaner Usage twice a year
Top Clean/Seafoam (No)
9) MPG 29-30 hwy (cruising at 70mph) 1 mpg around town
10) Brutal around town, conservative high speed on the highway
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Old May 25, 2004 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Rogue
Originally Posted by big_boss2010
10) Aggressive but conservative
WTF?
thats what I was thinking.
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