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Originally Posted by SlideWRX
Resurrecting an old thread keeps all the relevant info together. No problem. 
As for the Miata & Probe not getting good mileage, it has to do with short final drive gears I think. I drove a friends 2008 Miata (current bodystyle), and the gearing for sixth gear on the highway was over 3000 rpm. Get a much taller final drive in there, and get that down to 2000 rpm and get some aeromods going! The probe is the same way, at least the 92-97. I had a 94, and the V6 was geared pretty short. Don't remember the specific numbers though. |
if I drove conservatively, I could pull 30mpg on my 93 mx6, which had the 2.5L v6. but I rarely drove it conservatively
there are several people on the mx6 forums who swap the stock 5th for the protege 5th, dropping hwy rm down to the 2600-2700 mark, boosting the cars mpg up to 32-33 hwy (flat surface, summer driving)