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Old Aug 3, 2011 | 06:35 PM
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Whats your gas mileage?

I wanna see what everyones avg gas mileage is. So post your vehicle specs/what youve done. Gas price,how many miles until refuel and how much you put in.


Heres mine 1995 Ford Bronco Eddie Bauer 5.8l 101k + miles.
Flowmasters exhaust, everything else is stock.

$3.69/gl
put 25$ got 6.78 gallons
Got me just over 100miles til refuel
Averages out to be 13-15mpg
 
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Old Aug 3, 2011 | 06:56 PM
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subbed. im hopefully picking up a bronco soon. would love to see what they get.
 
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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 09:38 AM
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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 09:41 AM
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I used to get 10 no matter where or how I dorve it. I have only filled up once since I change my computer, to the coreect one. I got about 11.5 and 95% of that was driving the 5 miles back and forth to work on city roads.
 
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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 01:31 PM
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I tracked my mileage for about 8 months. Here's all the data I collected.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...g-results.html
 
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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 01:40 PM
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10 gallons per mile.
 
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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 01:55 PM
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I think the most I got on a full tank was about 400miles. that was actually the first time I could afford to fill it up. :/
 
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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 02:51 PM
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I used to get around 650 on a tank (about 20mpg) but now get around 550 (16mpg) with my 4bbl setup.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 07:16 AM
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Gas mileage.

There was very long thread on this a year or two ago.

If you have not found the search feature, put your cursor on "Forums" at the top then roll down to "Search".

The bottom line is many do not have the odometer calibrated for larger tires and the calculations are inaccurate for many.

I am rarely on the highway without my 4-wheeler on a 14' trailer and get 11.5 mpg highway. The most I have ever gotten was on a long trip, windows up, compressor off ...16mpg. Yes, my odometer is calibrated dead on.

I am sure my in town has improved with lower shift points due to PCM repair but don't drive enough in town to check the mileage.

I also found gas without ethanol which lasts longer with my occasional driving.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 08:52 AM
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I get about 19 on the 4.9L, 5spd
 
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 02:11 AM
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Couldn't get above 10mpg before my timing chain replacement.. afterwards I feel like I have double the power and I can't get less than 10MPG no matter how I drive.

I drive it hard and nowhere near as feather-footed as I use to.. city/mixes is about 12mpg, I think all highway would get me about 14mpg, if I drove light I think I could push 16 (55, slow acceleration, etc).

33'' tires, 351w, 3.55s, ~220k miles.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 09:24 PM
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I have been averaging about 17 mpg on my 50 miles/day commute to work and back with my '91. Engine is 5.0 bored .040 over with flattop pistons (abt 10:1 compression i was told) Crane cam mazda 5 speed, 3.50 gears and 32x11.5 tires. dBase timing is at 15*btdc with stock coil and Behlen 8mm high performance wires and Bosch platinum plus sparkers. Most of my daily drive is highway @ 65mph. Hoping front end alignment will add another mile/gal or 2 to the figure.
 
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 12:36 PM
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I get around 25mpg last time i checked it
 
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 12:48 PM
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I dont have a bronco but I get 16 mpg with my 89 f150 super cab 4x4, with 35's.
5.0 efi, k&n filter, dual exhaust. AOD trans
 
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Old Aug 15, 2011 | 01:23 AM
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Depending on how I drive any given day, as little as 8.3 - 17.5 MPG
 
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