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Originally Posted by Steaming
I have been trying to modify my driving habbits for a while but finally caved in and bought a Scangauage a couple weeks ago.
I haven't done much, just clean junk out of the truckbed, and max tires to 35 psi. But I use lots of fuel conscious driving techniques. I was getting around 18-20 mpg average on my daily 14 mile commute to work. Then I filled up monday with 100% straight 87 unleaded gasoline--no ethanol. For two days now driving the same route (even hitting several stop lights) I've been very close to 30 mpg average combined highway/city driving. I try to keep my LOD readings around 15-20, drive SLOW on the highway like 55-60 in a 65, and try to accelerate without dumping too much fuel into the engine.
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Yah, that seems a bit high for mixed driving. My Dakota quad cab is lucky to get 21 MPG on the highway, and normally averages about 16 MPG in mixed driving.
You may want to go over your SGII setup again, ensuring that your engine displacement is correct, and that your sample rate is set to high. Otherwise, you could verify your SGII reading by doing gas-pump calculations. Take your fill-up amount, and divide it by the trip mileage since your last fill-up.
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Originally Posted by Steaming
Anyone else able to get these kind of numbers with a V8?
Think there is any merit in avoiding the 10% Ethanol Gas?
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I honestly could not tell you that. I don't know where I could find real gas in NE Ohio to test whether E10 decreases performance or not.