96" SE255 cams MPG?

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Jan 2, 2012 | 07:57 PM

Lawdawg

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96" SE255 cams MPG?

Just curious what kind of mpg you are getting while cruising at around 75-80. For me that's 3000 rpm in 6th gear.

May 9, 2016 | 07:12 PM

rideamap

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I was getting 34mpg when being easy on the throttle. This was with a poor tuner. I just got a dyno tune last weekend and will update once I can get enough riding in.

May 9, 2016 | 08:52 PM

FX4

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Way back when I had this setup with a good tune, 39MPG, although it was real easy to get down to 32-35MPG being a little heavy handed.

May 9, 2016 | 09:04 PM

todd-67

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That is just about the speed range where economy starts to drop off. I have gotten no worse fuel economy on the highway when cruising at 65 to 70 with cams. Hot ******* around and anything above 70 it starts to drop off.

May 9, 2016 | 09:17 PM

Superlow-Ben

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I'm getting about mid 30s at that speed range.

May 9, 2016 | 09:49 PM

mgmmgm

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At 75 to 80 mph i'd have to check my power vision next time, but i'd guess it's 40 mpg without headwinds blowing.

May 9, 2016 | 10:18 PM

texaswiz

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Anything over 75-80 mph and it starts dropping like a turd in a well.
33 mpg-35 mpg.
The faster the bugs accumulate on the windshield-the lower the mileage.

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May 9, 2016 | 11:01 PM

2AMGuy

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I had my T/C 88 updated to a "95" (not sure what cams they installed) and I got 38-39 MPG's running 70MPH at about 3,000 RPM's.

Now I have a CVO 110" (tuned with true duals) I get 39-40 at the same speed and RPM's.

However,as an earlier posted stated, when you start going 75-80+ the MPG's drop like a brick.
I thing the worst MPG's that I ever got was 32-33 running at 3,500 RPM's.