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Old 06-02-2010, 12:40 AM   #37 (permalink)
texanidiot25
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Location: Cypress, TX
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Formula - '96 Firebird Formula/Trans-Am
90 day: 19.31 mpg (US)
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38.3mpg, only a half tank. Mostly city, maybe 20 miles of freeway I'm guessing. A bit of work and and average driving mileage. Strange thing is, I've been driving the car aggressively on back roads quite a bit too, when ever I get a delivery that goes out there. It's a nasty-fun set of twisties that this car is a hoot to run along. Outside of that, however, I run along the feeder when I get deliveries in other nighborhoods (my area is right off the highway, so to get from one section to another, you jump on it) and stay at about 50-55, which also keeps it well out of missfire-land which can hit around 65-70 when the car is working to keep at speed.



Missfire is still an issue, but not a terrible one if I drive accordingly to avoid it. I am trouble shooting with RedPepperRacing, but just paid bills so a few parts will have to wait.

Still an incredible piece of engineering, while not even running good it's averaging better than most modern cars could dream of, even with an occasional back roads run. Once this missfire problem is fixed, I can start trying some other ecomodder methods in driving.
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