This is my first time ever trying to save gas in my whole 17+ years of driving.
I have been known to have a heavy foot and love racing mazda rotary cars, which suck gas like a V-8 but it's a small 1.3 liter. Since I do not have any running rotary vehicles right now I will start my daily beater, driving slower, keeping my RPM below 2500rpm and feathering the throttle. I know with an attitude adjustment of my right foot and if I can just fight my addiction for acceleration and speed I should get decent mileage.
What we have here is a 1990 Toyota Corolla SR5 Coupe 4 speed Auto.
154k miles and I just filled a full tank up today with the idea of seeing how many maximum miles I can get out of one tank.
This car is original and un-modified. Dead struts which I will replace after I get a decent read on the car's current fuel efficiency just the way it is and on a full tank with my regular driving habits.
The fuel tank is about 13.2 gallons max or 50 liters.
If I am driving properly and squeeze about 25-30mpg i should see about 300+ on a full tank.
I know the car needs spark plugs/wires, I recently gave her some Castrol GTX but will switch over to synthetic across the whole car once I finish High MPG testing and Normal MPG testing.
I do not go on very many long trips, averaging about 10-15 miles max a day but 20 dollars would last me 1-2 weeks sometimes but this is actually the first time I am paying attention to my MPG.
Here is a list of what I have planned.
New iridium plugs and nice performance wires with an addition of MSD or some type of spark enhancing device.
Good set of tires
Lowering vehicle with some springs and tokiko struts
Under body paneling
Removing Wipers for non rainy days
Removing mirrors and moving inside the car
Weight reduction
Front lip
And more as we go.
Here is a photo of the mileage when I got my full tank of gas at $4.219 a gallon. I only needed 8 or so.
Still costs 4 times more then when I started driving so I guess it is time to pay attention to my footprint!
