ABA testing power steering on/off

[MetroMPG]

Good numbers. Glad your SG was close, too.

Yeah - 2 miles isn't enough of a warmup. I generally warm things up for at least 20 minutes at highway speeds (50 mph / 80 km/h) before I'll try a comparison test.

[aktacoma]

yeah just seems like such a waste of gas lol and I should have tested on the highway too so next time I test something I will shoot for more reliable results in the mean time I finished my lower grill block so I think the next thing i will do is build an air dam

also removing and putting belts onto a hot engine isn't that much fun...

[aardvarcus]

If you have it on your gauge, monitor your intake temperatures as well as your engine temperatures for the test. On my Toyota Celica, the intake temperature is a BIG part of the current MPG I am getting, and it seems to constantly creep up the longer I drive. I seem to get best MPG around 110F-ish, going down as the temperatures get much higher or lower.

[aktacoma]

will do next time I test! and maybe I need a warm air intake.. it hardly ever gets much over 85 here. also off topic I wonder what kind of mpg drop i will see when i move to Colorado and go from 400 ft elevation now to 10,200 ft ha we will see..