low gas milege...?
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Being as the peak torque of the 4-cylinder is ~4200RPMs, your gas mileage will fall off considerably above 4K... I'm not 100% positive but I remember reading on the Chevy forums thatat peak efficiency for any motor is cruising at around 70%-80% of peak torque... say, 3500 RPMS for the 4-cylinder. Of course that would mean you were doing in the ballpark of 90MPH... and over 60MPH wind resistance starts to become a factor.
Said all that to say this: Don't expect to get more than 20MPG if you consistantly run your motor up over and cruise at 4K. IIRC I'm doin' around 70MPH at 2700 RPM... which is the speed limit
I got 27.5 MPG on my last tank, 330 miles on 12 gallons, 50/50 highway/city.
Said all that to say this: Don't expect to get more than 20MPG if you consistantly run your motor up over and cruise at 4K. IIRC I'm doin' around 70MPH at 2700 RPM... which is the speed limit
I got 27.5 MPG on my last tank, 330 miles on 12 gallons, 50/50 highway/city.
DarkSideAccord
nadeshiko fobz ftw..
i get 450 miles to the tank 
but yeah.. do ur regular maintainence... also, get a bottle of seafoam and tht's clean out the carbon deposits in the motor... after u do seafoam, change out ur oil and spark plugs
but yeah.. do ur regular maintainence... also, get a bottle of seafoam and tht's clean out the carbon deposits in the motor... after u do seafoam, change out ur oil and spark plugs
00AccordLX5spd
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Is seafoam safe at 115k+ miles?
im scared to do mine seafom...lol i have 135kmi
DarkSideAccord
nadeshiko fobz ftw..
i did my ex-gf's car with 145K on the motor and it was fine.... just dun go overboard with the seafoam lol... if u wanna play it safe, dun use the whole bottle... just use less
B12ucehuy
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Are you guys driving AUTO or STICK becuase i am getting 280 to 300 on 15gallons and mine is a AUTO
Automatic here. And after double-checking, I'm doing at most 2600RPMs at 70MPH.
Its all in driving styles and where you are driving (city traffic / highway cruising). I've had a few tanks where all I got was 21-23 MPG because I had a few days stuck in traffic, or did a lot of idling otherwise. And on a trip to Baton Rouge and then Laffayette (a good 300 miles) I got 33 MPG.
If you don't drive like a jacka** (like a lot of the people on this forum) and you haven't got stuck in mega-traffic, then there's no reason to get less than 25 MPG. But if you think you are Mario Andretti, don't expect to save any gas.
