Gas Mileage
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Racer
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From: Northeastern Mass
Gas Mileage
I see alot of people posting that they get close to 19-25 miles per gallon in their mid 90 C4's. I have a 95' C4/LT1 as many of you know already with alot of mods 425hp (app.) and all performance exhaust and all that good stuff I dont feel like listing and I only get on average of about 14-18 I believe. I get about 240miles to a full tank
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Racer
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From: Northeastern Mass
Pretty modest driver, no racing, accellerate to 70 rather quick on highway but highway is pretty infrequent event Usually city roads. Usually try to keep it at around 2k rpm if possible
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what's your question? are you looking to see if that sounds about right? it's hard to tell unless you can compare at a constant speed.
doing about 70 mph gets me about 26 mpg. but i only average about 19 when i do my "spirited" driving.
doing about 70 mph gets me about 26 mpg. but i only average about 19 when i do my "spirited" driving.
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Around town? 250ish miles to the tank...
Highway? I drove from Orlando to Raleigh on ONE tank of gas... I rolled into town on fumes... trip meter said 520miles
Thats about 30mpg! Beat that Toyota and Honda!
Highway? I drove from Orlando to Raleigh on ONE tank of gas... I rolled into town on fumes... trip meter said 520miles
Thats about 30mpg! Beat that Toyota and Honda!
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On the highway, my modded 92 LT1 gets 23-24 mpg at a steady 72 mph. In mixed city-highway driving, much of which is 'spirited' driving, I get about 16 mpg. However, SPM much more important than MPG. That's Smiles per Mile. 
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Originally Posted by prcollin
highway is pretty infrequent event Usually city roads.
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Originally Posted by vetteusa
My stock '93 gets
City:
Spirited = 17 mpg
Normal = 19 mpg
Highway:
Spirited = 22
Normal = 24
City:
Spirited = 17 mpg
Normal = 19 mpg
Highway:
Spirited = 22
Normal = 24
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St. Jude Donor '07
Originally Posted by Chance
Spirited is normal for me. My two drivng styles are 'spirited' and 'hold on to yer azz!'
well, when i did that I averaged 31.3 mpg!! (even hit 32.2 for a little whille)
I didn't realize my car could get that much. 
but, then again, I didn't drive my vette the way a vette should be driven.
Last edited by vetteusa; Apr 20, 2006 at 06:18 PM.