[V8] Real world V8 mpg

[diemarthadie at aol.com]

I'd back Tony on that... my 90 stock V8 auto on just 'to/fro work' miles (3 miles) it's as low as 13, on high speed highway runs its been as high as 26.  I ran from Baltimore to New Rochelle, NY on Rt95 and averaged 25/26 (better coming back) with a lot of time spent around 85mph. The car seems to really be happier at those speeds... or maybe its self-delusion... ;)  oh, and no A/C running in 99% of the cases... but I don't live in Vegas ;)
 
John 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony and Lillie <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
To: v8 at audifans.com; Tony Lum <tlum at flash.net>
Sent: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 15:45:11 -0500
Subject: Re: [V8] Real world V8 mpg


Our 1991 3.6L stock V8Q Automatic has the 4-wire ford O2 sensor. It gets about 18MPG around town and 24-25MPG on the highway. That's my calculation. The computer almost always reads one higher than that. The A/C seems to change it about one lower as well. Oh, and we both drive a bit aggressive (I'm worse than the Wife!!) 
 
Tony Hoffman 
 
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Lum" <tlum at flash.net> 
To: <v8 at audifans.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 4:51 PM 
Subject: [V8] Real world V8 mpg 
 
> Unka Bart wrote that 18 MPG for the V8 is not very good, but what is the > real world MPG for an automatic tranny on a V8 in good running condition > (no flaky O2 or engine sensors). This would be normal driving in city and > highway with my Speed Racer mentality carefully suppressed ;^D 
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Tony 
> no V8q-yet  
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