What have we done to improve 5s mpg?, Anything you've done to get better mpg out of your 6g Options

[ricochet1490]

I have never seen 35 under any circumstances, but i have seen similar stats that you otherwise posted, ie the 28-30 with mostly highway. and 24-25 with a good mix of city/hwy. It's amazing how much this car can vary.

[jlspec]

Yeah, the first trip I took gave me 35 mpg which I thought was a mistake. The second trip was the one to Santa Monica Pier which was 36 mpg. It could be my driving habit when driving up. I don't try to pass anyone nor do I ever punch the gas pedal when entering the highway on those long trips. I like to relax when driving, plus I just love crusing in the vert. When back at home I hit the gas pedal harder.

Extra note: Driving to LA was with the top up. It was down in Santa Monica and china town. The vert is also an automatic.

[ricochet1490]

Yeah, the first trip I took gave me 35 mpg which I thought was a mistake. The second trip was the one to Santa Monica Pier which was 36 mpg. It could be my driving habit when driving up. I don't try to pass anyone nor do I ever punch the gas pedal when entering the highway on those long trips. I like to relax when driving, plus I just love crusing in the vert. When back at home I hit the gas pedal harder.

Extra note: Driving to LA was with the top up. It was down in Santa Monica and china town. The vert is also an automatic.

hmm, maybe a difference in the gearing or tuning between 94(mine) and 99(yours). at 70 flat in my car with the cruise for 400 miles, i think 36 is impossible. one time i saw 36.7, and that was following a family members truck for 500mi at a close distance lol i claim drafting.

[CaliJeff]

Basic stuff to help is what you would do for a tune-up.
Replace:
- Wires
- Rotor cap
- Spark plugs
- SRI
- Clean air filter ( I use an injen SRI and use the k&n air filter cleaner and oil lube kit, works like a charm)
- Map sensor filter ( I replaced this because mine broke and when I changed it, it automatically made a HUGE difference with mpg :-D )
- Clean oil and filter ( use mobile 1 or castrol. I use 15w30)
- Clean fuel filter
- Cleaned fuel injectors ( look in the FI forums for some good places to send them out to)
- Good gas ( chevron and shell is all I use, and use 91 as well. Nit only does it help with mpg, but u will feel that the car responds better with the throttle :-D )
- Don't use a lead foot ( be smart with accelerating, stay under 60 on hwy. When in residential I will actually coast in 4th gear and accelerate in 3rd.)
- Exhaust mod (if you have one with no FI, don't go any bigger than 2.5" like someone alrdy mentioned.
- No Air conditioning ( don't use it. It will greatly deplete your mpg. If you use ur fan only, it won't reduce it as much, but still will. I just leave the vent on with the airflow turned all the way off; I'm still able to feel the breeze.
- Reduce car weight ( like someone mentioned earlier as well. Helps quite a bit for gaining mpg.
- Use a o2 wideband sensor every once in awhile to tune ur car and check the productivity of ur car.

This post has been edited by CaliJeff: Sep 16, 2011 - 8:09 PM

[bloodMoney]

^ This.

I put 1200 miles on the car this past weekend and for the last 500 miles, I left the cruise on 55-65 and pulled out 36.12 mpg.

[ricochet1490]

^ This.

I put 1200 miles on the car this past weekend and for the last 500 miles, I left the cruise on 55-65 and pulled out 36.12 mpg.

Manual? the AT in my car is where I think I'm running into a lot of the problems.... could also be the smell of gas in the car that has developed recently if that keeps it up...

[kamax]

Basic stuff to help is what you would do for a tune-up.
Replace:
- Wires
- Rotor cap
- Spark plugs
- SRI
- Clean air filter ( I use an injen SRI and use the k&n air filter cleaner and oil lube kit, works like a charm)
- Map sensor filter ( I replaced this because mine broke and when I changed it, it automatically made a HUGE difference with mpg :-D )
- Clean oil and filter ( use mobile 1 or castrol. I use 15w30)
- Clean fuel filter
- Cleaned fuel injectors ( look in the FI forums for some good places to send them out to)
- Good gas ( chevron and shell is all I use, and use 91 as well. Nit only does it help with mpg, but u will feel that the car responds better with the throttle :-D )
- Don't use a lead foot ( be smart with accelerating, stay under 60 on hwy. When in residential I will actually coast in 4th gear and accelerate in 3rd.)
- Exhaust mod (if you have one with no FI, don't go any bigger than 2.5" like someone alrdy mentioned.
- No Air conditioning ( don't use it. It will greatly deplete your mpg. If you use ur fan only, it won't reduce it as much, but still will. I just leave the vent on with the airflow turned all the way off; I'm still able to feel the breeze.
- Reduce car weight ( like someone mentioned earlier as well. Helps quite a bit for gaining mpg.
- Use a o2 wideband sensor every once in awhile to tune ur car and check the productivity of ur car.

Map Sensor filter? is it the actual map sensor? i tried looking for the "filter" but not really sure what it is?

[bloodMoney]

Yea its a MT.

[richee3]

^ This.

I put 1200 miles on the car this past weekend and for the last 500 miles, I left the cruise on 55-65 and pulled out 36.12 mpg.

Out of my old 5S?

I demand a trade. You know you want a Redtop

[bloodMoney]

Yup Yup.

You know I'd take it in a heartbeat, but you said yourself that you're not putting a 5s back into that car....


Plus, you know she won't let you

[NYp8tBaller07]

keep it as stock as you can and try to reduce some weight. A SRI and or CAI will only hinder your MPG. Just give the car a good tune up and then it's the human factor (have a light foot). For example when I drive from Albany to near Boston (162 miles for where I have to be) I shift at 2k and I drive from 65-70mph and receive about 41mpg; when I have my stock intake on I got about 43mpg (same driving style).