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Old Aug 19, 2011 | 07:51 PM
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ok so im sure theres a thread about this somewhere but i for the life of me could not find one so i just made this one cuz im getting like 9 mpg and it sucks what are ypu getting and is there anything that i can do to get better mpg im workin on lightining my heavy foot
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Old Aug 19, 2011 | 07:55 PM
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Wow! Nine is bad, what size tires do you run? I get 16 mpg on 235's
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Old Aug 19, 2011 | 08:01 PM
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i only have a 3 inch lift and 30s
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Old Aug 19, 2011 | 08:03 PM
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Poor a can of sea foam in the gas tank that's supposed to get you 2-4 mpgs back and do injectors swap
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Old Aug 19, 2011 | 08:03 PM
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I get 9 with my 35s...
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Old Aug 19, 2011 | 08:31 PM
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I get 13 with my 33s.

Make sure you got the right air pressure in your tires and your air filter is clean. It won't make a drastic improvement, but will help a little.
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Old Aug 19, 2011 | 08:41 PM
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Before I changed my dirty air filter and properly gapped the spark plugs I was getting 13 on average. With a clean filter and properly gapped plugs I'm gettin 15-17 with a 4.5 inch kit and 32x11.5 tires
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Old Aug 19, 2011 | 08:48 PM
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15-17 with 31s stock gears
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Old Aug 19, 2011 | 08:51 PM
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You wanna get better gas this might help.
Standard tuneup. Air filter, plugs distributor sea foam through brake booster sea foam in gas tank synthetic oil helps a lil and yea proper air. At 30" around 31-33 psi will do you right. Sorry for lack of commas but didn't feel like changing between iPod keyboards
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