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Old 06-19-2008, 10:40 PM   #17 (permalink)
dremd
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I have to say that the Supra with tall gears, big tires, cold ambient temps, undertray, optimal fe speed did appear to be in the 80~90 mph zone (was 2200~2400 rpm with decent load) With the 4.30's in her now it's probably around 40mph (guess).

However I did pull several 33 mpg in town tanks on it last summer; even with 285's out back and 245's up front. Just watch the boost gauge, turn the motor off as much as I could, run lots of PSI in the tires. "Normal" driving gives 15~17 mpg in it now. I don't want to Eco-mod it nor hypermile it, as long as I burn less than 2 tanks per year (3/4 tanks burnt so far this year) I don't care.
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