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Old Apr 6, 2013 | 03:24 PM
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Whats everybody getting with what mods. for me stock motor with samson cholos non baffled and rsd air cleaner with the sert tuner only getting about 35-36
 
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Old Apr 6, 2013 | 03:34 PM
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Stage 2. 33-38 mpg.
 
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Old Apr 6, 2013 | 03:35 PM
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Wow thats kind of low.
i Get at least 40 even when im ripping it.
 
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Old Apr 6, 2013 | 03:37 PM
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39 on my carbed evo.
 
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Old Apr 6, 2013 | 04:26 PM
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Depends how hard I push it on the highway... but if I keep it around 75 I can get around 35-40 per gallon. The 6 speed seems to make a big difference.
 
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2009 Heritage- V&H Big shot staggerds, Screaming Eagle K&N AC and I average 36-40 depending on the wind and the spends I'm traveling.

I do think that I need a tuner, but from what I've been reading that might even lower my MPG.
 
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Old Apr 6, 2013 | 04:53 PM
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I don't think I'm getting great gas mileage on my carb'd 88b TC with hypercharger and non-baffled V&H pipes.

I'm going to double check the next time I fill up. I haven't even gone 100 miles and it's getting close to E on the gauge.
 
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Stage 1 I get between 39 and 42. I was getting about the same mileage stock.
 
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On my Lo with V&H Shortshots, K&N and a FuelPak, I got a solid 42 last year if I ran non-ethanol. If I ran corn juice crap, It varied from 36-39.

My last tank was only 35, and the tank before that from winter storage was 32, but I also had Sta-Bil in it. Looking like it's climbing back to normal now.

Curious what my windshield is gonna do to mpg when I ride to Reno later next month with it.
 
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on the 96" with a stage 1 intake/exhaust/pcv, average was like 45mpg. Don't know on the 107" yet.
 
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