Maximum Gas Mileage

[MerlintheMad]

^^^Yesterday evening, when I started to gas up, the MPG showed 50.1 . My range after filling up ($5.25/gallon) was 337, so, the car sorted itself out.

 

[Ohiocruiser]

My best mpg happened when i bought it in Nashville TN and drove it straight to Cleveland OH. Averaged around 32mpg. Never went above 28 since than.

 

[HDTurbo]

My couple of manual calculations after fill-up showed the carputer readings were 1.5 to 2 mpg high. Interested to see what others get.

 

[SanDiegoBlue]

Looking at all of my fillups (i have tracked reported vs actual) i find the car reports between 0.5 and 1.7 high, but typically around 1.2 mpg high.

 

[StingerMG]

Driving on my custom mode with the Racechip piggyback on Map 7. The mpg is pretty good, I'm pleased.

My custom:
Sport steering
Sport Powertrain
Comfort Suspension

 

[D.J.]

I like the 1.6 million miles of real world data... For the 3.3 twin turbo stingers.

Much better than the dashboard estimates.


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[SanDiegoBlue]

Does anybody know if the A/C gets reduced in sport mode?

 

[D.J.]

Does anybody know if the A/C gets reduced in sport mode?

AC is only reduced in ECO, per all literature I have read.

 

[JSolo]

On the topic of AC, I've noticed it blows much much colder when the car is moving vs stop and go traffic. At least on the 4 cyl model. Sure this is to be expected (more air flow over condenser). My old G would blow ice cold just standing still.

What I don't notice is the engagement of the compressor. This wasn't noticeable on the G either, but very noticeable on my old camaro (4th gen), like someone dropping the anchor.

From today's fill up.

Did the unthinkable. Put 87 in... It was $4/gal at the costco in kenosha.

 

[CKeeler]

On the topic of AC, I've noticed it blows much much colder when the car is moving vs stop and go traffic. At least on the 4 cyl model. Sure this is to be expected (more air flow over condenser). My old G would blow ice cold just standing still.

What I don't notice is the engagement of the compressor. This wasn't noticeable on the G either, but very noticeable on my old camaro (4th gen), like someone dropping the anchor.

From today's fill up.

Did the unthinkable. Put 87 in... It was $4/gal at the costco in kenosha.

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Interesting. My ‘18 GT blows ice cold at idle. I used to have a car that was horrible at idle but ice cold above 1k rpm. 2005 Ford Five Hundred

 

[JSolo]

I bet the compressor part numbers are different for the 4/6 cyl models. Probably smaller tonnage/btu.

 

[rpoffen]

On the topic of AC, I've noticed it blows much much colder when the car is moving vs stop and go traffic. At least on the 4 cyl model. Sure this is to be expected (more air flow over condenser). My old G would blow ice cold just standing still.

What I don't notice is the engagement of the compressor. This wasn't noticeable on the G either, but very noticeable on my old camaro (4th gen), like someone dropping the anchor.

You won't notice the compressor engage. All Hyundai/Kia vehicles use a VDC (Variable Displacement Compressor). The compressor is turning all the time, internally the compressor displaces anywhere from 0 to 100% based on need and isn't clutch operated so you don't feel it kick in.

 

[D.J.]

I bet the compressor part numbers are different for the 4/6 cyl models. Probably smaller tonnage/btu.

I believe they should be sized based on the cabin volume with respect to the BTU requirement.

Either way - still could be different part numbers

 

[JSolo]

Did a small road trip yesterday (~60 miles). It was pretty hot out, around 90F. Since putting in 87, I notice take off from a stand still seems weaker. Once moving it's relatively ok, but passing also seems weaker.

When it gets down to ~1/4 tank or so, it's getting the good juice.

 

[MerlintheMad]

The two days I drove to get to Milwaukee from Salt Lake City (trending to lower elevation) I saw consistent 28.5/mpg. I expect to see that drop to around 25/mpg going back up.

 

[rpoffen]

I had been getting 25.2 until I started trying an E30 mix with my jb4 set to map 3. It has dropped to 24.6, after a couple tank fulls.
Part of it might be that with higher E mixes, you get less mileage, but more likely because I had it in sport mode all the time with that shit eating grin because it feels so much faster and responsive.
These cars are a beast on higher maps.

 

[stoopid]

These cars are a beast on higher maps.

I would hope so. Otherwise it would be a waste of the higher map/output/tune.

 

[Redleg94]

Driving from home to near Martinsburg, WV (~240 miles) today, saw 29.8 on the trip mileage. Smart mode, cruise set 9 over the speed limit. Saw 384 miles to empty when I filled it.

 

[rpoffen]

I would hope so. Otherwise it would be a waste of the higher map/output/tune.

I just know that map1 doesn’t do much. I blended some 100 with 91 so I was probably about 94 on map 2, still somewhat disappointed. Now that I have E30 on map3, there is a big difference.

 

[LordKOTL]

Just did a road trip from Portland to Seattle and back. 92 octane.

Up was about 26.9 MPG in eco mode--with some city driving mixed in. 3-4 people in the car.

Back was pretty much all highway and I got 29.7 in eco. This was with 3 people in the car.

Was keeping it easy and not-so-spirited except when passing slow people, but cruised mostly at ~75mph.