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Old Aug 23, 2008 | 08:03 PM
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8mpg in the city. this sux

8mpg in the city lite driving, almost a stock engine with a lil baby cam and the holley c950. i dont understand why i have such shitty gas milage. car run good. i had a shop tuned it, but i think i have bad iac, i waste aot of gas just starting up, alot of cranking. it doesnt smell or seem too rich. i was thinking leaking injector or some how tune is wayyyy off. no clue.
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Old Aug 23, 2008 | 08:24 PM
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Re: 8mpg in the city. this sux

Originally Posted by jayk2k3
8mpg in the city lite driving, almost a stock engine with a lil baby cam and the holley c950. i dont understand why i have such shitty gas milage. car run good. i had a shop tuned it, but i think i have bad iac, i waste aot of gas just starting up, alot of cranking. it doesnt smell or seem too rich. i was thinking leaking injector or some how tune is wayyyy off. no clue.
You answered your own question
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Old Aug 23, 2008 | 09:19 PM
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Re: 8mpg in the city. this sux

i cant see wasting that much more gas just starting up, i know it is using more but still.
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Old Aug 23, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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Re: 8mpg in the city. this sux

Look at the bold in lo-tec's quote. I think he was referring to your carb.
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Old Aug 23, 2008 | 10:41 PM
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Re: 8mpg in the city. this sux

its not carburetor, its fuel injected. that the stand alone ecm
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Old Aug 23, 2008 | 11:21 PM
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Re: 8mpg in the city. this sux

If the car has a cat it won't smell rich at all. Check the O2 voltage while you drive around or check with a wideband.
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Old Aug 24, 2008 | 10:08 AM
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Re: 8mpg in the city. this sux

Yeah something is def wrong with your car. With my setup in my sig I can consistently get 20mpg. Bone stock 350 would get in the neighborhood of 26-28 mpg
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Old Aug 24, 2008 | 01:53 PM
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Re: 8mpg in the city. this sux

Originally Posted by jayk2k3
its not carburetor, its fuel injected. that the stand alone ecm
I would have another shop tune it then. My POS gets a minimum of 15-16 mpg, and I DO NOT baby the car when I take it out.
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Old Aug 24, 2008 | 06:22 PM
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Re: 8mpg in the city. this sux

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I would have another shop tune it then.
Aggreed. My 357ci has a 750 DP Holley, 200cc heads and a cam that sounds disgusting and it still gets double what you are getting. Its not tuned right or something else is very wrong with it.
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