better fuel ecomony for my 2011 camaro?

[jsherm007]

THanks for feedback on shift points, I'll bump mine up about 700rpm's.

How long did your car take to get that mileage? I'm still in break in, I ordered a Roto-fab CAI today, hope to have it next week, along with some more miles on the engine. I'm averaging about 17mpg with 60/40 hwy/city this first week.

[meissen]

My drive into work is about 88% freeway and I'm at 24-25mpg shifting at 2500 rmps - I have 4500 on the clock so far.

[upflying]

108 tips to improve your mpg.

http://ecomodder.com/forum/EM-hyperm...ecodriving.php

[gutterball]

I get 29 mpg in the highway and almost 21 combined, and I'm always driving it a little hard.
toocool5, where are you located, I too am in central Ct, I have a lot of mods you might be interested in

[007s 'Vert]

Got thirty one MPGs this last week on a nice184 mile round trip drive through the back country roads..........it can be done

[PSDSAINT]

I had a 2010 V6 Automatic and now have a 2011 V8 6 speed. I can tell you around town the V8 blows away my V6 in using gas. I can kill a 1/4 tank around town so fast it makes my head spin.

[007s 'Vert]

Originally Posted by PSDSAINT

I had a 2010 V6 Automatic and now have a 2011 V8 6 speed. I can tell you around town the V8 blows away my V6 in using gas. I can kill a 1/4 tank around town so fast it makes my head spin.

but at least you are enjoying that big V8

[AlohaBR]

Just for argument....to see how much more $$ you spend on gas...
800 miles at 25mpg = 32 gallons x $4/gal = $128.00
800 miles at 20mpg = 40 gallons x $4/gal = $160.00
So you can improve mileage by 25% and save 20% at the pump.
(Mileage based on MY weekly driving)

[ffnva40]

Originally Posted by E.T.

Yeah, you can use regular 87. That'll save you a little bit each fillup. Other than that, I'd keep it in "D" mode and just go easy on the throttle. You can think about adding a cold air intake. That might help your MPGs a little, but be careful because you will also like hearing the new roar of your engine and whhhhhooooosh sound as air gets sucked in. This will lead to lower MPGs

Just bought the Mach X-LLT and I saw you had them on your ride.. What do you think? How does it sound? I'm putting mine on this week but just curious what your opinion was. Also I want to get a cold air intake too. What do you recommend? Thanks for your help?

[Nessal]

Originally Posted by jsherm007

THanks for feedback on shift points, I'll bump mine up about 700rpm's.

How long did your car take to get that mileage? I'm still in break in, I ordered a Roto-fab CAI today, hope to have it next week, along with some more miles on the engine. I'm averaging about 17mpg with 60/40 hwy/city this first week.

I'm sure it's just me but when I was breaking in my car I was getting something like 12-13mpg. But take into effect that I was breaking it in HARD. I'm sure I could have got the same MPG as I'm getting now if I took it easy. After about 1k miles, I started to take it easy on it.

[rchrdp305]

Originally Posted by malave7567

my 2012 v6 gets about 17-19 in the city and 30-32 on the highway. Only performance related mod is my CAI intake. Are you getting something close?

i have the same model but I get 26.5 mpg, no performance mods yet. but i thought cold air intake is beneficial to the mile per gallon consumption -__-

[meissen]

You have a 2LS and he has a 1LS. The automatics seem to get better mpgs, probably because they are consistent compared to us manual guys deciding when to shift.

[rchrdp305]

Originally Posted by meissen

You have a 2LS and he has a 1LS. The automatics seem to get better mpgs, probably because they are consistent compared to us manual guys deciding when to shift.

hm that explains it. thanks.

[knitetrain05]

Originally Posted by kev

let me just start off with saying i have a fully stocked v6 2LT 2011 camaro.... yes no longer an of the year car ='( oh well its still my baby which is all mine but her fuel consumption is getting way out of hand, and burning a big hole in my pocket. so what i want to ask the camaro community is what do you guys do to maximize its fuel economy. i normally go to shell because i hear their fuel is better for you engine. i buy 93 but had to back down to regular and with the summer coming up prices are going through the roof. is there anything i can do like using the shift pad or replaceing something? i heard changing the air filter can also help its fuel ecomony and if thats the case which one is better. but this is about as much as i can come up with. anything is appreciated. thanks

Put the Camaro in storage. Drive it on weekend. Buy a beater 4 cyl during the week and drive that most of the time. That want I do. My Camaro is a 12 SS 45th. with the 426HP 6 Speed. I feed it 93 but then again I dont drive it too much.