tune?

[slowchevy]

i've heard of people doing different stuff with a tune to their 3800 car to squeak some more mpgs out of it on the highway.

i drive mostly highway (55+ mph) so i'd like to figure out how to get it to come up from 19-22 mpg. the car at one point was pulling 32 mpg. i don't know what happened or why it stopped.

how can i improve this?

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[PANDA]

plugs, wires, fuel filter, pcv, air filter etc. not parts u pull from a "minty" car in the yard either. buy new.

 

[DanJ]

That's pretty bad. Panda is spot on and I would check all those things. I can get mid 30's at 55 mph. What people tweak with a tune is increased timing mostly, but that won't fix a mechanical problem.

 

[10sec]

Nope, a tune alone isn't going to get you more than 1-2mpg, and that's on a healthy car.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Sounds like a mechanical issue assuming you don't drive like a total D-bag. Driving habits are where the real fuel savings are at assuming a mechanically sound car.

 

[PANDA]

clean the MAF, clean the TB, injector cleaner, oil change, O2 sensor, make sure the tires and exhaust are in proper order, alignment. remove extra weight.

The biggest gain in MPG, dont beat the shit out of it.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Remove extra weight

 

[SleeperLS]

yeah, what they said

 

[Yaj Yak]

what everyone else has said.

 

[L36 SS]

plugs, wires, fuel filter, pcv, air filter etc. not parts u pull from a "minty" car in the yard either. buy new.

 

[syP]

sell that heap already.

or junk it

 

[Outlaw]

Tune up as already stated, something is way off lol.... I'm getting 18.6 MPG so far out of the truck mixed city and highway

I got 32 MPG's out of my '01 Regal with 120,000 miles.

 

[02BlueGT]

Nope, a tune alone isn't going to get you more than 1-2mpg, and that's on a healthy car.

I got +3




Do something

 

[slowchevy]

plugs, wires, fuel filter, pcv, air filter etc. not parts u pull from a "minty" car in the yard either. buy new.

sorry i'm not a mother fucking baller like you breh.

fwiw , the only real junk i buy from yards is cosmetic stuff or little bits and pieces that are missing/broken on mine. nothing mechanical.

 

[slowchevy]

Sounds like a mechanical issue assuming you don't drive like a total D-bag. Driving habits are where the real fuel savings are at assuming a mechanically sound car.

stop and go, i don't really hammer on it. when i'm on the highway, 65-75 mph and don't go above 2500 RPM at all usually

sell that heap already.

or junk it

ok. help me get a new car or stop being a broken record.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Seriously clean that MAF with a q tip and some rubbing alcohol and then reset your battery. I bet that alone brings it up a bunch.

 

[PANDA]

sorry i'm not a mother fucking baller like you breh.

fwiw , the only real junk i buy from yards is cosmetic stuff or little bits and pieces that are missing/broken on mine. nothing mechanical.

Go spend $100 on MAINTENANCE for the car. I know, baller cash. What do you think someone will tune the car for free?

 

[RICH17]

Dude I get 20mpg and my car has a tune, L67 injectors, No egr, no evap, no cat, and a 3.05 gear. Maintain the vehicle and get good stuff. Not cheap shit. You plan on keeping this car so put some good love into her and she'll love you back.

Make sure you use the cruise asmuch as possible and draft others. If I draft I can easily lose a couple hundred RPM and still do the same MPH.

 

[RICH17]

Also what intake did you put on?

 

[Chester Copperpot]

sorry i'm not a mother fucking baller like you breh.

fwiw , the only real junk i buy from yards is cosmetic stuff or little bits and pieces that are missing/broken on mine. nothing mechanical.

Basic maintenance on a car isn't being baller. It's basic maintenance. If you don't have enough money to buy $30 for 6 plugs, $30 for Vato Zone wires, 5$ for a 20' length of automotive tubing, and $20 for a drop in filter, you have bigger problems in your life and should resort to manual transportation and stop driving a car.

My old GP would get 22 city and 27 highway when I had it at 85k.

 

[Spicy McHaggiz]

Damn it feels good to be baller.

 

[m_dogg]

Seriously clean that MAF with a q tip and some rubbing alcohol and then reset your battery. I bet that alone brings it up a bunch.

If you have a "heavy" forearm, don't. Just spray it with CRC. Also as said above, TUNEUP. Get new plugs (for NA I'd go with Autolite copper core 605), your fuel filter could be all clogged up if you didn't change it for a while. +1 on disconnecting the battery.

 

[slowchevy]

Dude I get 20mpg and my car has a tune, L67 injectors, No egr, no evap, no cat, and a 3.05 gear. Maintain the vehicle and get good stuff. Not cheap shit. You plan on keeping this car so put some good love into her and she'll love you back.

Make sure you use the cruise asmuch as possible and draft others. If I draft I can easily lose a couple hundred RPM and still do the same MPH.

if my cruise worked, i'd be all over that.

Also what intake did you put on?

car has an intense FWI with a k&n cylindrical filter in the fender.

Basic maintenance on a car isn't being baller. It's basic maintenance. If you don't have enough money to buy $30 for 6 plugs, $30 for Vato Zone wires, 5$ for a 20' length of automotive tubing, and $20 for a drop in filter, you have bigger problems in your life and should resort to manual transportation and stop driving a car.

My old GP would get 22 city and 27 highway when I had it at 85k.

it was the comment about minty junkyard cars. i obviously know don't do 99% of any mechanical parts from a junkyard car. automotive tubing? wat?

Damn it feels good to be baller.

fuck off out of my thread you twat. i'm asking for help, not posting in OT.

If you have a "heavy" forearm, don't. Just spray it with CRC. Also as said above, TUNEUP. Get new plugs (for NA I'd go with Autolite copper core 605), your fuel filter could be all clogged up if you didn't change it for a while. +1 on disconnecting the battery.

how hard is the fuel filter to do on these?

 

[slowchevy]

also - i was not complaining about normal maintenance. was making a point of i don't use junkyard plugs/wires/anything other normal maintenance because it'd be dumb. i have no way of knowing how many miles is on that stuff and i'd obviously go new.

 

[10sec]

Fuel filter in general is easy. Yours is probably rusted up, and will be quite the task. Probably not the issue though.

Edit: getting used to iPad keyboard