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Jun 16, 2013 | 09:33 AM

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Ajcruz1

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Originally Posted by llasov

The 3.55 made a significant difference. Gas mileage has decreased but not terribly. If I can believe the computer, yesterday's mpg were 26 and change, with mostly 6th gear driving.

Which tune do you use for everyday driving?

Recently, 91 performance

Jun 16, 2013 | 12:55 PM

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llasov

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Recently, 91 performance

Did you notice much difference from the 87 street or 87 performance?

Jun 16, 2013 | 01:24 PM

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scramblerider5

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Reading this makes me want to mod my v6

Jun 16, 2013 | 03:43 PM

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Ajcruz1

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Did you notice much difference from the 87 street or 87 performance?

I have never used any of the street tunes. Only the performance 87 and 91. Not much difference in mpg between the two but there is a difference in power and acceleration. I mainly use the 87 when taking road trips just to get the better mpg and to not have to worry about stopping and a place has 93 instead of 91.

Jun 16, 2013 | 09:25 PM

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Mickstang

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I have 3.55 and manage 20-22 in the city and I can get around 28 on the highway. Gotta shift at 2k and make it a smooth acceleration. Not a fast one. When I want to get good gas mileage I just cruise and take my time. Also your Stang is still new so it will take some more time before you see better mileage. Gotta break her in a little bit. Mines was the same at first then it got better until I installed the gears

All very true. In addition, I skip 4th gear in most of my normal driving; the car handles the jump from 3rd to 5th quite nicely, and I only use 6th when I can run 40+ mph. There aren't many places around here other than the interstate where I can let the pony run, so I like to get my grins on the on-ramp!

Jun 17, 2013 | 04:24 AM

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Rodimus_prime

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I couldnt get 29mpg if I was doing 55 drafting a tractor trailer.

Aug 26, 2013 | 07:27 PM

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FKstang

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I generally run 75 ish on the highway and the best I can get is 26 mpg. Maybe I should try drafting and 55. lol

Aug 26, 2013 | 08:41 PM

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hogasswild

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I noticed there is a noticeable difference in MPGs when comparing 70mph with 75mph. I normally cruise around 72 and got 30.4 mpg on my last tank using a Bama 93 race tune. I ave since switched to MPT so am trying to see how that does fuel economy wise.