Attempting to get better MPG

[BlackGT]

Well, it came to a point that I had to take a job 5x farther than where I had been traveling when I originally bought the car. I'm spending over $200 a month on gas, just in the commute to work. I rarely ever beat on the car, and my driving is very tame.

I have a 93 Octane race tune by BAMA. If anyone has had any experience, did it make a difference in real life driving if going down to 91 or 87 octane, as well as going down from the race tune to the performance tune?

I don't want the car to feel like it dragging, but I will take slightly lesser performance at this point in time if it saves me a nice chunk of change at the end of the month/year.

Thank you in advance for any input.

 

[VTXFrank]

Since you have a Bama tune, I'm assuming you have their tunes for life? If so, just order a new tune on their website for 87 octane. It isn't as fun, by far, as a 93 octane tune, but it will save you some gas. I think I saw 2mpg better in the city with their 87 gas saver tune. But it really sucked because I was used to the 93 performance tune. Now I just run a Jon Jund tune. If I get worried about gas money, I'll buy a moped.

 

[05slvrgt]

I really don't think you'll save a lot of money switching to 87 octane.

In my area the difference between 87 and 93 is $0.20. If you use 500 gallons a year you will only save $100 or $200 if you use a 1,000 gallons. However 500 gallons is a considerable amount of gas. I mean at 18 mpg for 500 gallons means you will have driven your car 9k miles this year. So $100 over the course of 12 months really isn't that much.

 

[BlackGT]

Since you have a Bama tune, I'm assuming you have their tunes for life? If so, just order a new tune on their website for 87 octane. It isn't as fun, by far, as a 93 octane tune, but it will save you some gas. I think I saw 2mpg better in the city with their 87 gas saver tune. But it really sucked because I was used to the 93 performance tune. Now I just run a Jon Jund tune. If I get worried about gas money, I'll buy a moped.

Yeah I have their tunes for life. My motorcycle isn't so cheap on gas either anymore!

I really don't think you'll save a lot of money switching to 87 octane.

In my area the difference between 87 and 93 is $0.20. If you use 500 gallons a year you will only save $100 or $200 if you use a 1,000 gallons. However 500 gallons is a considerable amount of gas. I mean at 18 mpg for 500 gallons means you will have driven your car 9k miles this year. So $100 over the course of 12 months really isn't that much.

With this new job I may travel 6-9k a year, and those were the type of numbers I wanted to see. That's about $2 a week I save, which is money, but the fun factor of the 93 octane tune by far out weighs its price tag of $2 a week.

I also get about 14-15 mpg, almost all city driving.

 

[JEWC_Motorsports]

I ran my 87 tune for all of about 2 months trying to save money. I didnt save anything. I get better mileage with my 93 tune.

 

[BlackGT]

I ran my 87 tune for all of about 2 months trying to save money. I didnt save anything. I get better mileage with my 93 tune.

You had the race tune for 87 and 93?

That's actually very surprising.

 

[Black_GT]

Buy a Ford Fiesta.

 

[JEWC_Motorsports]

You have to remember your used to a 93 tune. When you go to the 87 tune you throttle it more to try and get that same feel you had before. I had 4.10's installed and drove round trip form San Antonio to Dallas and back at 70-75 and averaged 23.9 mpg calculated and 24.7 on the car on my 93 tune.

 

[Fullboogie]

I know it doesn't help your situation, but I'm now using over $400/mo in gas since the price of gas has nearly doubled in the last two years.

 

[s8v4o]

Well, it came to a point that I had to take a job 5x farther than where I had been traveling when I originally bought the car. I'm spending over $200 a month on gas, just in the commute to work. I rarely ever beat on the car, and my driving is very tame.

I have a 93 Octane race tune by BAMA. If anyone has had any experience, did it make a difference in real life driving if going down to 91 or 87 octane, as well as going down from the race tune to the performance tune?

I don't want the car to feel like it dragging, but I will take slightly lesser performance at this point in time if it saves me a nice chunk of change at the end of the month/year.

Thank you in advance for any input.

First, what's your actual hand calculated mileage?

 

[stang72]

UDP's might get you 1-2mpg.But you may have them.aluminum ds might help some.Might not be significant but its got to help some.

 

[psycho bob]

thought the street tune focused more on low end unlike the race tune focusing on the high end. maybe just try that kind of change while using the 93 octane

 

[calebparkin3]

I wish I only drove 9K miles a year...Iv had the car since Novemeber and already put 21K more miles on it.

 

[nmb15831]

moped ftw. thats what i did for just jackin around town. i just use the stang for work and school therefore very little city driving, im averaging 23mpg with a BAMA 93 race. 1gal of gas last all week on the moped/scooter. no license required, if you can take the embarassment its by far the best gas saver out there.

 

[leavnon3rd]

my 06 gt averaged 24 highway and 16 around town with a brenspeed 91 tune and a CL racer intake. with a underdrive pulley i picked up a solid 1.5 mpg average over both. i averaged 19.xx before and 21.xx after

my 08 gt now both stock and with a knn intake and brenspeed 91 tune gets 19 aroudn town, and 28 on the highway go figure with no pulley i average 22

both have 3.55's

check out the steeda underdrivekit!

 

[2014_GT]

Buy a Ford Fiesta.

+1. Not to be a dick, but $200 a month isn't bad for a V8.

 

[Blank]

Thats about what i spend a month. Unless i go on a trip of some sort.

Edit
Thats with a 91 bama race tune and cl racer.

 

[BadHabit2Break]

I use about $450 a month in gas, 70 miles round trip, always Shell. I used to run the 93 race tune from Bama and tried saving some money at the pump.

I have had the 89 performance tune in for a while and for a daily driver it is great. Gas mileage seems to be right at 24.5mpg.

I have S&B CAI, Flowmaster axleback, and the Tune.

 

[Shaffe]

When gas started spiking up, I went with the BBR Eco tune. I used to run a 93 tune, but in my area 93 can be as much as 30 cents higher. My local BP, 87 was 3.89 this morning, 93 was 4.17. so on average I put about 13 gallons in my car every week. monthly saves me about 15 bucks a month. Switching to the 87 tune, i do get better MPG, as Im not filling up every 5-6 days but every 7-8 hahaha.

 

[fdjizm]

I use about $180 a month in gas $45 a week.