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How many miles per tank are you getting on your 95-96 Lt1

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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 09:46 PM
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only change i have is a KN filter. i run mainly highway 65 mph. i fuel up at 1/4 tank left simply to keep the pump submerged. doing this i get about 23 mpg or 300-310 miles per tank.

i have yet to change the plugs or wires. ill be doing this soon and im not going to mess with the O2 sensors until i change my exhaust hopefully. trey
Old Jun 8, 2003 | 10:07 PM
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200-230 to each tank. I live 5 miles from work so my car never warms up. On a highway trip I can get 300
Old Jun 8, 2003 | 11:03 PM
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Fill my S/C'ed up every 240 can wait a few more miles.
Old Jun 8, 2003 | 11:27 PM
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i used to get about 230-240 with a M6 and bolt ons

now with the mods below and an auto i am lucky to get 180-190
Old Jun 8, 2003 | 11:59 PM
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I was getting 230 per tank (13.5/14.0 gallons to fill it when I got to 230). Then I did a full tune up, plugs & wires when I did the headers, and I went to 310 per tank (14.0, 14.1 gallons to fill it).
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 12:43 AM
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Are you people F-in shi++in me?!?!?!?! It's a 97, but I am VERY lucky to get near 170 from way full to a thread near E. Most I got recently was almost 300 on a long *** road trip.
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 01:03 AM
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i get 150 a tank WTF???
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 01:11 AM
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220 while being very easy on the gas in the city...
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 01:16 AM
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210 at best on surface streets. Must be the 3.73s, but I love them
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 01:47 AM
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Last full tank, I got a surprising 270 with about an eighth (actually less than that) on the gauge left. See sig too.
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 06:00 AM
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Originally posted by Laymaster
I was getting 230 per tank (13.5/14.0 gallons to fill it when I got to 230). Then I did a full tune up, plugs & wires when I did the headers, and I went to 310 per tank (14.0, 14.1 gallons to fill it).
On one road trip recently (1200 miles) I got 420 miles on one tank driving no more than 5 miles over the speed limit. I cant understand it, when the car was new I got about 28 on the highway, now with the 4.10s it gets the same or better. This is a known distance so I know that the odometer it correct.
One thing I did, I took the front wheels off a while ago and I couldnt spin the rotor, I loosened the brake bleeder and brake fluid shot out like it was under pressure. I may have over filled the resevoir at one time, it seemed to get better after that.
Ron
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 06:22 AM
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Driving to and from work a tank will go 320 miles.
Out on the highway I usually get around 450 to 460, with a best so far of 467 miles with a fill-up of 15.2 gallons
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 12:18 PM
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450! That's insane! I've never heard of that. But, it's working for you. You've dialed something in right.
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 12:24 PM
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Originally posted by Laymaster
I was getting 230 per tank (13.5/14.0 gallons to fill it when I got to 230). Then I did a full tune up, plugs & wires when I did the headers, and I went to 310 per tank (14.0, 14.1 gallons to fill it).


Thats what I'm getting now, about 230 a tank drivin it moderately. Next tank im gonna really drive soft and see what i get. I need to change plugs and wire soon seeing that theyre stock and the car hs 70k on it. I'd just like to do it when I have the money for headers as well.

I hope i get up to what youre getting.

Think 02 sensors coudl help as well?
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 12:44 PM
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I only saw two people actually stating their MPG, which makes much more sense. Everybody fills up their tank at a different time, so miles per tank is kinda useless unless you state the amount you put in the tank and then we would still have to calculate it...

Anyways, I have a pretty much stock M6 and I get around 22-23mpg driving highway (don't get to use 6th at all on that road) back and forth to work (17 miles one way). Going 75-80mph in 6th on the interstate for a long ride, I get close to 26 mpg. On the other extreme, it's kinda hard to get below 20mpg, even when I am playing around town

HTH

Sam



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