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Fuel mileage.

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by drburke » Thu Jul 11, 2013 4:02 pm

mikekey wrote:When we first got started experimenting with the first lift we had pretty close to stock size tires. They are 30.5 inches. And we were averaging pretty close to 18MPG in the city. I think I even posted a picture here earlier in this thread. Basically just by hypermiling the car. Which means driving like a grandma, slow take off's, very light on the brakes and gas. Coasting to stops if need be. Never going over 55mph, and turning the engine off at lights. Along with no AC.


It also helps that you live in Florida. No, not another joke-- your roads are incredibly flat. My MPG in Georgia is 16, here I'm getting damn near 19 w/o AC, but no hypermiling either. Exhaust sound gets the better of me from lights :drive:

And for the record, I've never noticed a change in gas mileage with ac on in my truck. Granted its never on much, but still.
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by mikekey » Thu Jul 11, 2013 4:52 pm

Why do people assume FL is flat? It's not. It's pretty damn hilly actually. Especially Clearwater. I know, I ride my bike to work, it's not flat!!! Granted it's a little more flat near the coast. But the middle of the state is pretty hilly.
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by Moots1288 » Thu Jul 11, 2013 4:54 pm

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mikekey wrote:When we first got started experimenting with the first lift we had pretty close to stock size tires. They are 30.5 inches. And we were averaging pretty close to 18MPG in the city. I think I even posted a picture here earlier in this thread. Basically just by hypermiling the car. Which means driving like a grandma, slow take off's, very light on the brakes and gas. Coasting to stops if need be. Never going over 55mph, and turning the engine off at lights. Along with no AC.


It also helps that you live in Florida. No, not another joke-- your roads are incredibly flat. My MPG in Georgia is 16, here I'm getting damn near 19 w/o AC, but no hypermiling either. Exhaust sound gets the better of me from lights :drive:

And for the record, I've never noticed a change in gas mileage with ac on in my truck. Granted its never on much, but still.

I have noticed a change in fuel mileage with AC on is about 9-10 and 12-13 w/o on the same road, recorded multiple times.
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by drburke » Thu Jul 11, 2013 5:18 pm

mikekey wrote:Why do people assume FL is flat? It's not. It's pretty damn hilly actually. Especially Clearwater. I know, I ride my bike to work, it's not flat!!! Granted it's a little more flat near the coast. But the middle of the state is pretty hilly.


It's not an assumption on my part. Pensacola to Panama City, Naples to Miami to Jupiter, etc. All flat (and great gas mileage!) I've actually never been to middle Florida, except for Orlando (which is flat, IIRC). Then again, who goes to middle Florida anyway? :finger:



Moots1288 wrote:I have noticed a change in fuel mileage with AC on is about 9-10 and 12-13 w/o on the same road, recorded multiple times.


Wow, this is with AC on, and not just recirculation? I find the recirculation gets plenty cold in my truck, so it's never on unless I want it colder.
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by RyansTBLS » Thu Jul 11, 2013 5:21 pm

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by Cable810 » Fri Jul 12, 2013 12:19 pm

Heck I don't have to worry about the AC. The bearing went on the pulley and I replaced it with the Bypass, That's why they invented windows :finger: Plus Michigan never gets all that hot anyhow :raspberry: But unless your like me and leave the windows down when trying to get unstuck :wallbash:
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by HARDTRAILZ » Fri Jul 12, 2013 12:22 pm

My dash vents are full of mud.
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by RyansTBLS » Fri Jul 12, 2013 12:34 pm

I thought you were supposed to leave the windows down while you were getting unstuck, how else do you get that much dirt in the vehicle that fast. :facepalm:
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by jonbo2002 » Fri Jul 12, 2013 12:36 pm

Cable810 wrote:Heck I don't have to worry about the AC. The bearing went on the pulley and I replaced it with the Bypass, That's why they invented windows :finger: Plus Michigan never gets all that hot anyhow :raspberry: But unless your like me and leave the windows down when trying to get unstuck :wallbash:


Yea up where you live it dosen't get that hot. Down here we usually get multiple days with high 90's or 100's with 100% humidity
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by JorDaneeKey » Fri Jul 12, 2013 1:55 pm

Heat and humidity + pregnancy = A/C use full time. Add the smokers who surround the vehicle in bumper to bumper traffic and you get recirculating A/C. Combined with stop/go traffic for 6 miles, and 10 miles over the bay with a typical strong cross breeze......you get the picture.

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by Moots1288 » Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:15 am

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With a/c on.
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by ErikSS » Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:14 pm

Ill trade ya milage! Lol
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by RyansTBLS » Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:38 pm

:safari: I got 18.5 mpg on my trip up to Wallowa lake and back again. :excited:
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by Moots1288 » Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:48 pm

ErikSS wrote:Ill trade ya milage! Lol

No you don't. That was once in a lifetime my mileage is usually 9-10 haha
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by ErikSS » Wed Jul 17, 2013 3:52 pm

9 or 10??? Im doing better than that with 315/70/17s on an SS with a heavy foot! Lol So your right! Never mind!
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by TBYODA » Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:33 pm

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ErikSS wrote:Ill trade ya milage! Lol

No you don't. That was once in a lifetime my mileage is usually 9-10 haha

I think you need to start doing some hyper-milling or you got some big problems with your TB.
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by RyansTBLS » Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:49 pm

Nah, the TB is fine. He's a leadfoot :finger:
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by Moots1288 » Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:52 pm

RyansTBLS wrote:Nah, the TB is fine. He's a leadfoot :finger:

Not even close to lead foot I cruise at 55-60
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by navigator » Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:58 pm

I got 12.8 on my last tank.
I figure it was due to 32s, 3.42 gears, short trips and a good bit of hauling the boats.

with no hauling, 55mph, taking it easy and not a lot of stop and go I think I get about 17 mpg but nothing better.
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by boog2006 » Wed Jul 17, 2013 5:08 pm

i'm at 16 mpg pretty consistently with 265/70/17s and 3.42s.
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