Gas Milage on these LT1's
4th Gear Member
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,950
From: Yacolt,WA
I have a late 97 z28 with about 39,000 miles on the clock and I manage around 20 to 22 mpg round town.
Last summer on a trip to Scotland i managed 35mpg (had just had a full service, new alloys & tyres, new pads and disks, new sparks, oil & pump change, air filter, etc etc etc)
Secret is to NEVER use cruise control, NEVER use the brakes unless you have too, try not to accelerate up hills, rather gather speed going down them instead, check your tyre pressure religiously; and keep the revs below 2000.
I know that all seems counter-intuative when driving a hulking slab of american muscle... but at £62 for a full tank in the UK i'd rather save the money and spend it on futher improvements to the car!!!
Last summer on a trip to Scotland i managed 35mpg (had just had a full service, new alloys & tyres, new pads and disks, new sparks, oil & pump change, air filter, etc etc etc)
Secret is to NEVER use cruise control, NEVER use the brakes unless you have too, try not to accelerate up hills, rather gather speed going down them instead, check your tyre pressure religiously; and keep the revs below 2000.
I know that all seems counter-intuative when driving a hulking slab of american muscle... but at £62 for a full tank in the UK i'd rather save the money and spend it on futher improvements to the car!!!
I'm assuming your high numbers also reflect Imperial Gallons at 4.5 L.
US Gallons are smaller at 3.8 L so a little math would be required to equalize the equation.
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Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 10
You might think that Y2K... but I guessed most users of this forum as US, so I worked my numbers out in US (liquid) gallons.. In UK numbers i get around 25mpg town and 39ish highway.
Of course around once a month i get fed-up with cocksure Audi and BMW drivers 'giving it large' so decide to put my foot down and leave them standing at a set of traffic lights ;-) ... then i get around 14mpg us... but worth it i think...
Of course around once a month i get fed-up with cocksure Audi and BMW drivers 'giving it large' so decide to put my foot down and leave them standing at a set of traffic lights ;-) ... then i get around 14mpg us... but worth it i think...
Last edited by Forcemaster; Nov 18, 2009 at 09:42 AM. Reason: Content
In the Staging Lanes
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 87
From: Small town ohio
normally i get about low 20's only because for me its pedal to the floor racing anything i find and seeing how long i can keep the backend from grabbing but when i go home from school its all highway so i get about 27-30 in 6th gear with tac at about 1700-2000
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