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Originally Posted by Hermie
ATaylorRacing: I take it you mix power and economy? Wouldn't mind hearing what tricks you use.  |
The only car modded with more power right now is my 05 SRT4 Neon. I bought it bone stock in Feb, 2008. At 1st I drove it just fine on 87 oct gas even though it was set up for premium....got 26 mpg while rated at 30. When I knew i'd put it on the track I started using 92 and 93 oct....FE jumped up to the epa rating! Car ran 8.8s at 80 in the 1/8th and 13.8 at 101 STOCK. At the end of racing season I had it converted to a stage 2 set up that consisted of 2.5 inch CAI and exhaust, different injectors, different ecu, and larger intercooler. This extra power required less fuel to maintain highway speeds and FE went up to 32 while ets dropped to 13.4s and 1/4 mph rose to 104 (8.4s at 85 mph 1/8th). The next step was a better flowing turbo that greatly improved everything, Boost is down to 15 psi compared to 22, ets dropped to 12.7s and mph in the 1/4 rose to 111, mph in 1/8th rose to 91 while et dropped to 8.1s, and 3 trips of 200 miles at 55 netted 40.1 mpg!!!! All the drag strip euns are on pump gas and with DOT legal tires. One of the aftermarkets has a special set of gears that make 80 mph achieved at only 2200 rpm while our stock gearing requires @ 4000! That set is $700.
The V6 Mustang is BONE stock. The Geo has ONLY wt reduction. The Horizon has LOTS of wt reduction and it's motor is a bone stock 2.5 switched to run with a carb set up and 84 electronics....no efi...CRAPPY FE.