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02-28-2016, 02:32 PM
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          Drives: SS 6 speed of course Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Hilo, HI
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MPG, my shame 1ss M6
I hope my man card won't get pulled. I got the SS and drove home from Houston and got a completely embarrassing 28 MPG. Since then I've performed GM strength and endurance testing every chance I got maybe 150 or more 0-60 and just about abusing it. I got the MPG down to 17.5 lifetime, where it should be.
Well I do have to drive to work in normal traffic and to my MPG has been creeping up. Even though I do try to hot dog it often. 20.2 MPG is where it sits and it even has touched 21 MPG. The shame of it all. My only explanation is this new DI engine has altered the time space continuum, tore a hole in the very fabric of space. So I filled up at COSTCO and though hmm, what if I drove this car like a normal person, 15 miles home what would the MPG be like. So a rest of trip B, a normal urban comutte home where I could have actually hyper miled it thru at least two long lights ( I did not) I got 24 MPGs.  Heck pump the tires upto 45 PSI and get some hypermile tech going I bet I do 26 MPGs...My Civic SI 2015 would get about 28 MPG stock and 26 MPG with supercharger under the same conditions... Oh and I have the gas hog M6  My shame as a muscle car owner, I'm just not coming upto bat.
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Forged short block, large duration sub .600 lift Cam Motion cam, 7200 RPM fuel cut, Pray Ported Heads, 3.85 pulley D1X, stage II intercooler, DSX secondary low side, DSX E85 sensor, Lingenfelter big bore 2.0 pump, ported front cats, 60608 Borla, LT4 injectors, ZL1 1LE driveshaft and Katech ported TB, ported MSD intake, BTR valvetrain, ARP studs, ProFlow valves, PS4 tires.
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02-28-2016, 02:39 PM
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Drives: 2022 Lt1 A10 Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: clark, mo
Posts: 8,860
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I'm averaging about 24 even with my foot getting stuck on the floor every once in a while. I had a 115 mile trip I averaged about 28. I'm sorry also, hell yes that is technology at it best. My 15 ss would only get about 21 or so on the hwy. Dam LS engine crappy technology.
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2022 Lt1 6.2 A10, Maggie 2300, THPSI Port Inj/10 rib, Rotofab, E, Nickey, SCOL, Griptech, RC Bandits, Hoosiers/MT 9.80@142.96 1.44 60ft, 6.34@112 707/669 RWHP/TRQ. 16SS Maggie 2650 9.41@147 1.35 60ft, 5.99@119. 16 C7 A8 10.90@128 Bolt on stuff
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02-28-2016, 02:47 PM
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Drives: 2016 V6 RS Camaro 6MT Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Portland, OR
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You are doing far better than I with the V6.
While on a longer freeway trip I did manage to do 30.3 mpg. My daily commute and average over 2000 miles is more like 19 mpg. :( I'll take a photo and update here. I likely have a couple bad driving habits, and my commute must really suck, as I only averaged 21mpg with a VW GTI.
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02-28-2016, 02:50 PM
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 Drives: Nothing Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Los Angeles
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That's incredible! And who cares! Good to see that the LT1 Camaro manual is getting great mileage!
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02-28-2016, 03:08 PM
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Drives: 69 GTO, 05 GTO, 2018 Silver ZL1 Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Springfield, OH
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This is why I'm buying now....I figure I can enjoy all the benefits of an SS for a couple years, until they work the bugs out of the ZL1.
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02-28-2016, 03:09 PM
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HYPER SS
Drives: 2016 Supercharged 2SS Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Troy OH
Posts: 1,252
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^^that's my thought..^^ these are somewhat of sports cars, normally when buying the V8 one (at least I) doesn't really care about mileage. cracks me up that people worry so much about fuel mileage in V8's. Esp what the price tag of these things are.
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2000 status 02/01/16 3000 status 02/29/16 3400 status 03/07/16 TPW of 03/14/16 4200 status 03/17/16 in transit! Delivered 03/23/16 2SS Hyper Blue | 6M | NPP | Mag ride | ceramic white Int. | Black out bow ties | P3 Gauge| Front splitter. | 6 pot upgraded brembo brakes. | Magnuson Supercharger/95MM pulley | Rotofab Intake | ZL1 side skirts | HRE FF04 wheels - Michelin PSS4 | ZL1 add ons rock guards and lift points. | AWE touring - resinated catback with link pipes. |
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02-28-2016, 04:43 PM
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Drives: 2022 Lt1 A10 Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: clark, mo
Posts: 8,860
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OPPPPs, mine is actually an A8
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2022 Lt1 6.2 A10, Maggie 2300, THPSI Port Inj/10 rib, Rotofab, E, Nickey, SCOL, Griptech, RC Bandits, Hoosiers/MT 9.80@142.96 1.44 60ft, 6.34@112 707/669 RWHP/TRQ. 16SS Maggie 2650 9.41@147 1.35 60ft, 5.99@119. 16 C7 A8 10.90@128 Bolt on stuff
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02-28-2016, 04:47 PM
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Drives: 16' Supercharged 1SS Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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My lifetime MPG is 14 lol.
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02-28-2016, 05:55 PM
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Drives: 2017 Camaro 2SS 6MT Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Posts: 4,372
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People who call American V8s gas hogs forget that since there's so much torque generated at low RPM that they can turn at really low speed on the freeway and barely sip any fuel.
Meanwhile tiny engines need more RPM in high gear. The tree huggers of the world are ignorant. They think muscle cars still get 15 mpg..... They did, in 1968. By the late 1980s the Camaro, Firebird, and Corvette were all getting above 20 mpg. |
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02-28-2016, 06:13 PM
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 Drives: 2016 Blue Camaro 2SS Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Texas
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I have averaged 24-25 MPG myself with lots of lead foot action. I have 4000 miles on mine already too.
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02-28-2016, 06:14 PM
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Drives: SS 6 speed of course Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Hilo, HI
Posts: 4,320
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Forged short block, large duration sub .600 lift Cam Motion cam, 7200 RPM fuel cut, Pray Ported Heads, 3.85 pulley D1X, stage II intercooler, DSX secondary low side, DSX E85 sensor, Lingenfelter big bore 2.0 pump, ported front cats, 60608 Borla, LT4 injectors, ZL1 1LE driveshaft and Katech ported TB, ported MSD intake, BTR valvetrain, ARP studs, ProFlow valves, PS4 tires.
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02-28-2016, 09:51 PM
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Drives: '69 SS Convertible Join Date: May 2009
Location: DFW, TX
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OP, stop buying COSTCO gas. Research that one.
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02-28-2016, 09:57 PM
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Drives: SS 6 speed of course Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Hilo, HI
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Forged short block, large duration sub .600 lift Cam Motion cam, 7200 RPM fuel cut, Pray Ported Heads, 3.85 pulley D1X, stage II intercooler, DSX secondary low side, DSX E85 sensor, Lingenfelter big bore 2.0 pump, ported front cats, 60608 Borla, LT4 injectors, ZL1 1LE driveshaft and Katech ported TB, ported MSD intake, BTR valvetrain, ARP studs, ProFlow valves, PS4 tires.
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02-28-2016, 11:08 PM
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Drives: 2016 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: KCMO
Posts: 226
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I averaged 29.9 from KC to St. Louis, about 250 miles.
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