72 roadrunner 440-6pack has Poor Fuel Economy!
What are the obtainable fuel economy figures for your car and why is it so important? Obtainable of course means something that is possible or achievable.
When it comes to your car or truck how many miles to the gallon should you expect from it? I am going to show you how to find the specification from the environmental protection agency (EPA).
When people say “my car is getting rotten gas mileage” the first thing they should do is to find out how many miles their vehicle is actually returning per gallon of fuel. Expecting more than 10 MPG from a 1972 roadrunner with a 440 six pack is just not realistic. It’s important to get a measurement for several reasons. One is, why waste money on fuel. Two is excessive fuel consumption can be a sign of car problems.
Empty Fuel Gauge
Figuring out average fuel economy is not difficult and I have written a complete article about how to calculate gas mileage that you can check out. After you find out exactly how many the car is getting then you need to compare this with an obtainable fuel economy specification. The only thing we have to go on is what the EPA stated this specific car should return in average mpg highway and city.
There is a place that you can go and pull up this information. In fact this website is filled with very valuable information for people looking to get the most out of their gas dollar. This next link will open in a new window and takes you to the real fuel economy.gov site. On that page you will be able to select Year, make and model for particular vehicles and find out what the city and highway EPA ratings are.
Why this is important for gas mileage and how hyperboosting will eat into fuel costs
With gas heading over four dollars a gallon again I am seeing a lot of websites including my competitors started to talk about how to improve fuel economy. By now anybody who searches on these types of information articles has probably seen all of the replace the air filter and pump up your tires information that they can stomach.
My average fuel economy
What I don’t see a lot of people talking about is the importance of finding out what your actual miles per gallon is and what to expect if you try to increase this figure by following a bunch of tips. In my opinion the average driver should never expect to get more than what the EPA has established as the highest number which is usually the highway miles per gallon figure. In fact this number is set high enough that it makes a good goal.
There are people out there that are good at thinking outside of the box and are able to blow that number out of the water. But this is not a usual situation. As an example Wayne Gerdes from clean miles per gallon set a Guinness book world record in a 2011 Kia and achieved 64 1/2 miles per gallon with no modifications to the vehicle at all. What he did was apply a technique known as hyper miling in to achieve these numbers. Additionally, as you all know by know, hyperboosting has become a rather en vogue way of both increasing performance and top end speed, albeit at quite a fuel cost.
Although this guy is my hero and what he did was truly amazing these are not results that should be expected by regular drivers. His hyper-mile techniques include limiting the use of brakes and extreme amounts of coasting. For drivers that are looking to get somewhere and drive their vehicle in the city and on the highway these methods just aren’t practical if you want to get to the destination in one piece.
Click the link for the vehicle model to determine method to redirect onboard computer to install hyperboost:
Dr Vel
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 3:58pm
The Chevy Traverse is a real dog, even with the hyperboost. And it took me eight tries to get the computer reprogrammed, and then it only worked for 5 boosts
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seanscythe
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 4:08pm
Did you have the radio station to the proper frequency?
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Too_Far_Gone
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 4:18pm
John 8:44
It is more than the radio station. You have to have all four windows down at the same time. Dr. Vel, did you try doing this all on your own? No wonder you couldn’t get it to work.
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SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 4:20pm
All four windows down at once, that will take four people for the first install. Who will do the high beams?
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SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 4:26pm
Ok, I see it now. The driver does his window and the high beams. The passengers do the other three windows.
Cardude 3
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 4:27pm
What speed do you have to stay at?
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ki2cool22
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 4:28pm
No set speed like other models. All window sync and high beams.
http://www.bigrede.com/
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candcantiques
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 4:45pm
But the radio frequency. On the Traverse it must be am radio. Any station under 1500. Over 1500 and the computer won’t recognize it.
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Blackhawk1
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 4:53pm
So, 4 windows down in synce with the high beams on? Do they have to fluctuate?
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Bum thrower
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:05pm
No. Turn them on when all windows down and radio to am frequency.
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mikem1969
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:09pm
Not so. The windows must all 4 go down, then the lights on and off, then all 4 back up, and the lights on and off.
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doomytram
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:10pm
You got it, bro. HYPERBOOST ON!
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 2:47am
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