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    Default Gas prices!

    Da mn these gas prices are getting out of control!

    Thinking of selling my car and getting a 4 cylinder....

    what do you guys think?

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    you're not going to gain that much by going to a 4cyl.

    I have an Impala with the 3800 and I get between 30 and 35mpg. Downsizing to a 4cyl smaller car is not worth it to me. I'll gain what, 2 mpg? woo.

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    i wish i got 30-35MPG. i get a whopping 12.3MPG. and having to pay premium, its not fun. but you gotta do what you gotta do.

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    I really dont care about Gas prices as my work pays for mine

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    Default Re: Gas prices!

    Quote Originally Posted by f_399
    Da mn these gas prices are getting out of control!

    Thinking of selling my car and getting a 4 cylinder....

    what do you guys think?
    I see you have a intake. How about headers and bigger exhaust 3.25" and test pipe and muffler? Spend $300 on a exhaust upgrade should get 10 mpg.

    You arnt going to gain much by going inline 4. What kind of gas mileage are you getting now?

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    I dunno about 10mpg total. Forget the test pipe on the cat, just rip out the mufflers. Or if you have a resonator, ditch that, or leave it and ditch the muffler...

    I know on the old Saab Turbo the exhaust system went from the turbo to the catalyst, a pipe to the muffler, then from there over the rear axle and out the back. On the non-turbo cars there was a resonator incoporated in the pipe after the catalyst, because the turbocharger deadens a lot of exhaust noise. But everyone with a nonturbo has a turbo exhaust now because it gives you a bit better milage (maybe 1/4 MPG) but it's also a lot cheaper...

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    Quote Originally Posted by stalker
    I really dont care about Gas prices as my work pays for mine
    Today my friends dad was telling me it cost him "$61 to fill up"....im said "same here and it last at most a week"....he laughed and said, "at least my company pays for mine"

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    haha ahh yes the joys of free fuel

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    I gained fuel economy going from a 5-cyl to a 4-cyl but I don't know that it's the number of cylinders alone that makes a difference. The Honda weighs closer to 3000lb instead of 3400lb. I think that the engine management system is also tuned much more toward fuel efficiency than the Volvo was. The Volvo couldn't break 29.5mpg no matter how I drove and 26 was about my average. In the Honda my lowest has been 28.5mpg, highest 36.8, and my average over the last 2000 miles was 31.5 overall. (I created a spreadsheet for all of my fuel and mileage data on Monday...I'm sick.) The nice thing is that I didn't give anything up. The new car is quicker!

    If you are looking for better fuel economy you can definitely get it. But you have to look at the total package.

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    Generally speaking, the weight and aerodynamics of the car are what determines fuel milage.

    Theoretically you can run at 8000r/min in 1st gear and drive on the highway and get the same milage as usual. But, friction inside the engine and gearbox (very slight on a stick) gives you worse milage that you'd expect.

    So the best milage is the engine turning as slowly as possible (without overloading), the widest throttle position possible (ie a smaller engine at WOT), with the car moving forward at a moderate speed, the car weighing as little and having as little aerodynamic drag as possible.

 

 

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