[Giant]

Idea's anybody...What would be the most economical settings for the VDC & DCCD combo. I do 95 miles a day to and from work.I just got my AP a week ago,and I have Flashed the stage 1 ACN 91 octane map,and I realtime the Econo map for the commute.

Before the AP my best tank was 27.6...but that's driving like old people f---.

Thanks

[solovus]

WTF....i get 20ish constantly with no mods...wtf I would love to get 27.6......

[Giant]

Originally Posted by solovus

WTF....i get 20ish constantly with no mods...wtf I would love to get 27.6......

That was just one tank.But I'm always right around 25.3-25.6 MPG.I think with the right settings I can do better.

[solovus]

Originally Posted by Giant

That was just one tank.But I'm always right around 25.3-25.6 MPG.I think with the right settings I can do better.

wtf...I do mostly highway driving at 70ish mph...and all I can get is 20 mpg??? Is there a factory reflash I am supposed to get?

[jdodge73chargerh]

Thats all totally insane to me i get max 15 miles to the gallon and im happy

[Giant]

Originally Posted by solovus

wtf...I do mostly highway driving at 70ish mph...and all I can get is 20 mpg??? Is there a factory reflash I am supposed to get?

Like I said about the old people...i drive at 59-61 mph on the cruise control...80 of the 95 miles I drive are on Vacant 4 lane hwy...Jesus Christ...i should be driving 90!!!

[SlackerNJ]

Basing it on one tank of gas is sort of silly. You can do lots of different things on each tank of gas. The avg gas millage is based on the trip odometer. On my trip back from the mountains today I got 33 miles to the gallon...highway, mostly downhill.

But later around town I reset it and was accelerating hard and only getting 14mpg.

The biggest thing you can do to improve mpg is control unnecessary pedal movement. 27 is pretty good though.

There are other mods that can help too. Cut weight, get more efficient spark plugs, improve aerodynamics...

[JWA]

I have noticed that I seem to get the best mileage at around 55-60. At my usual 70-80 it drops off by 3-4mpg easily. Strangely, I've also noticed that I appear to get a mile or two worse when I use cruise control.

[Giant]

Originally Posted by SlackerNJ

Basing it on one tank of gas is sort of silly. You can do lots of different things on each tank of gas. The avg gas millage is based on the trip odometer. On my trip back from the mountains today I got 33 miles to the gallon...highway, mostly downhill.

But later around town I reset it and was accelerating hard and only getting 14mpg.

The biggest thing you can do to improve mpg is control unnecessary pedal movement. 27 is pretty good though.

There are other mods that can help too. Cut weight, get more efficient spark plugs, improve aerodynamics...

The 27 was one tank,but the 25.3-25.6 is all tanks.i figure it with a calculator.I don't trust that average crap on the dash.

But there is 18 miles of coasting down 6% grades everyday,so I can knock the crap out of Mustangs when I get home and still get a respectable MPG.

Any feed back on the VDC & DCCD settings????

[SlackerNJ]

forgot to add that I get much better gas millage cruising at 3500 rpm than lower rpms

don't know about the VCD/DCCD yet

[CFar]

I thought I was doing good with my 25 mpg around town this weekend (until rush hour traffic). 27.6 is VERY impressive if you can consistently achieve that.

To get great mileage I find myself leaving it in I mode (Cobb stg1 93 oct), auto dccd and traction on. I leave myself a bit more time to merge and accelerate very lightly, shifting around 2.5k and putting in 6th gear if the ground is flat and Im above 40 mph.

Corny as it sounds, its fun for me to try and get the best mileage out of the gas I have. Considering roads around my house are boring and require dangerous speed to be interesting, this is the next best option.

Another thing I do to save gas is to ride my bike to work as much as possible. Save a gallon a day. Not too shabby.

[Cr8zyJAP07]

The AP said i get an average of 26mpg. But thats when i drive slow and shift at 3-3500 rpm's

[VROOM293]

Originally Posted by CFar

I th
Another thing I do to save gas is to ride my bike to work as much as possible. Save a gallon a day. Not too shabby.

Nope!not shabby,corny or anything other than

[hoffit]

Originally Posted by jdodge73chargerh

Thats all totally insane to me i get max 15 miles to the gallon and im happy

I feel better about getting 17 mpg now. Thanks

[Kilya]

Honestly though they advertise stupid focuses as "low consumption vehicles" and other little cars like taht... they get what 30, 31 MPG??? you have a 300HP beast pulling 27MPG im not realy sure how much more you want.