Re: Save the earth, buy a scooter
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 12:59 am
Yes exactly. With the super tall overdrive gearing, these V8s are loafing along as low as 1600rpm on the highway compared to the 4 bangers which are probably closer to 3000 rpm. So with a steady smooth conservative right foot, it is not impossible to achieve highway mpgs in the high 20s to low 30s. But with anything more than a steady feather foot, the mileage will start to plummet.ofblong wrote:Wrider wrote:Fox body stangs have got to be the ugliest stangs ever devised by Ford engineers... haha
Well except for the possible exception of the Mustang II.
It's honestly amazing that a high horsepower car can still get such good mileage. If my uncle drives his GT500 Shelby carefully he can easily get over 25 MPG with it. That's a 500 HP supercharged 4.6L V8 pushing a lot of weight down the road. Especially because it's a convertible!
Now consider that my Camry is a 4 banger and isn't pushing nearly the horsepower or weight (122 hp stock). And I get about 5 MPG better if driving in the same manner.
yeah but hit the gas pedal on that GT and say goodbye to the gas lol.