23.85 mpg combined city / highway. 5.0 what else to get more mpg?

[Bryan]

Other than driving barefoot with thumb tacs glued to the gas pedal, what else can I do to get more mpg?

Synthetic motor, trans and rear... Tire pressure at 37 psi
Coast in neutral down hills, shut car off at long red lights

I drive 60 mph 15 miles one way, some city , lots of car cruises and car shows.

I've been off the nternet for awhile , I'm currently running my 93'race tune and it's rich at idle and rich on start up. Not too bad but no kitty cats on the car

Anyone run a mpg tune and seen good results ? Summer with ac and highway backups I'd like to get 25 or more in my auto 5.0

Thanks for any advise , just out of the loop

 

[bigwilly43729]

Rut-roh....

 

[BAKnBLK2010]

Not tech but that's pretty good mileage you are getting.

 

[weather man]

Rut-roh....3 Reaction time is pretty good in 5.0 tech tonight

 

[Bryan]

Ok how is this not a technical question? What can I do to get more miles to a gallon in my car?

Is there a hybrid 5.0 section I don't know about?

 

[weather man]

Ok how is this not a technical question? What can I do to get more miles to a gallon in my car?

Is there a hybrid 5.0 section I don't know about?

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[stkjock]

You buy a 400+ HP V8 Muscle car and worry about fuel mileage.......

Get 3.08 gears and 29" tall tires

 

[Bryan]

Guess I will trouble shoot my mpg else where

 

[stkjock]

Guess I will trouble shoot my mpg else where

 

[Bryan]

You buy a 400+ HP V8 Muscle car and worry about fuel mileage.......

Get 3.08 gears and 29" tall tires

It has 3.15 gears and 27.5 tall 19inch wheels, god forbid I drive one of my cars light on the throttle and expect good miles to a gallon

 

[weather man]

Guess I will trouble shoot my mpg else where

Chit Chat is fine. Your combined mileage is actually very good. My wifes Rogue only averages 26.5 and it is a 4 cylinder. V-8 and any city driving will always drop the mileage down.

At part throttle, doesn't the motor pretty much run stoich, reguardless of tune?

 

[05stroker]

You buy a 400+ HP V8 Muscle car and worry about fuel mileage.......

Get 3.08 gears and 29" tall tires

Exactly!

Guess I will trouble shoot my mpg else where

Thank you !

It has 3.15 gears and 27.5 tall 19inch wheels, god forbid I drive one of my cars light on the throttle and expect good miles to a gallon

You need a Pries...

 

[tjm73]

23.85 combined is pretty good. If you want better mileage buy a Focus or a Festiva.

 

[BAKnBLK2010]

Guess I will trouble shoot my mpg else where

There is nothing to troubleshoot. My bone stock 2012 auto is averaging 22 mpg with a mix of highway and a little city driving. Your mileage is about as good as it gets IMO.

 

[stang1971]

my 2011 5.0 auto with: 4.10's.....exhaust....stall....steeda cai..... amazon tuning tune i get an average of 24.7 mpg. and i dont baby this car.

 

[gt08vapor]

Sell it

 

[cm581978]

2.73s for the win

You buy a 400+ HP V8 Muscle car and worry about fuel mileage.......

Get 3.08 gears and 29" tall tires

 

[UltraKla$$ic]

Thread delivers! LOL!!

 

[striker 5]

put in (N) or push in the clutch and coast

 

[VTXFrank]

Guess I will trouble shoot my mpg else where

There isn't any thing TO troubleshoot. You're already getting great combined mileage. There isn't anything tech related about this unless you're planning on doing some upgrades for better mileage:

It has 3.15 gears and 27.5 tall 19inch wheels, god forbid I drive one of my cars light on the throttle and expect good miles to a gallon

This is a 5.0L, 11:1CR, high performance V8. It's quite a bit more thirsty than those grocery getters you seem to want the same mileage of. The only way you're going to get any better mileage out of that car is going back to stock. Running a race tune and intake is going to put a ding in your MPG. Run skinnier, lighter weight wheels and tires.

If you wanted power plus great mileage, you should of bought the 3.7L Mustang. With my setup, I get 23 hwy @ 65-70mph and 18 in combined. City only I get 15. So compared to what most of us are getting with modified cars, you should recognize how well you're actually doing.