What Did You Do To Your Camaro Today?

[qcman]

Originally Posted by John_C

I was just saying, he will lose some mpg.

It'll also depend on his driving habits, too.

I drive it like I stole it, so I suffer more than me might.

Fair enough but you said dropped like a mofo which I took to mean rather a lot.... On the highway yes there will be a slight drop but around town nada....

[John_C]

Originally Posted by qcman

Fair enough but you said dropped like a mofo which I took to mean rather a lot.... On the highway yes there will be a slight drop but around town nada....

18 to 22 versus 15.5 to 17-ish is a pretty big drop to me.

lol

[qcman]

Originally Posted by John_C

18 to 22 versus 15.5 to 17-ish is a pretty big drop to me.

lol

Okay you didn't mention where you started at. Yup that's a fair drop... To be honest I don't track my mileage anymore unless I go on a rare road trip as around town there's just too many variables the biggest one being my mood LOL.

[Taylortoons]

Gas mileage. Are we really talking about e85 and gas mileage?

I wrote off MPGs when I wrote the check for mine 7 months ago when she was bone stock

[John_C]

Originally Posted by Roughwaterjohn

If you mean E85, as in ethanol, there is always a drop in fuel economy. E85 is less thermally efficient, which means for every gallon of gas vs E85, E85 creates about 30%-35% less heat (BTU’s) per gallon. Heat is only part of the combustion process of course, but it is important.

Most cars running E85 will typically see a 15%-25% drop in fuel economy, because the computers will increase fuel volume to compensate for the decrease in efficiency. That assumes of course it is a flex fuel vehicle with an in-tank sensor to detect ppm’s of ethanol or the vehicle has been tuned to run specifically with E85. If E85 is used in a vehicle without the sensor or tune, that decrease in efficiency is picked up by O2 and other sensors as a lean condition and increased cylinder temps, which usually results in a DTC.

The plus side is, if the fuel volume is increased to compensate for the lack of thermal efficiency, the mileage may drop but the HP and torque almost always go up, sometimes significantly.

You quoted it. Read it again.

Used to get 18 to 22 mpg's with AFM/DOD on with 93 octane pump gas.

Now with E10 93 octane pump gas, AFM/DOD disabled, I get 15.5 to 17-ish mpg's.

E85 even less obviously. 12.5 to 13.5 mpg's average so far with DOD/AFM off. Stock injectors max at 100% WOT.

[Vaninash]

Hijacked!!!

[Ryanbabz71]

December 2nd and I have already driven it two days in December. I think it came out of the garage a total of 2 days in November.

[JLSuperfly]

Checked the oil.

[PeteD]

Did the fuse pull. And even though it is not an auto I can def. tell a difference in idle and throttle response

[davesnever]

Originally Posted by Ryanbabz71

December 2nd and I have already driven it two days in December. I think it came out of the garage a total of 2 days in November.

Same here Ryan, blessed so far, hopefully the Farmer's almanac predictions for this winter are all wrong again!

[redcoats1976]

washed,polished and waxed today.weathers been good here,drove to daytona beach yesterday and did some swimming.

[PeteD]

Just looked at it out the window. Weather gorgeous. Needs a wash BAD but got to do that honey do list of painting dining room and kitchen today........

[Quicksilver-SS]

Weekly wash and installed my VTC.. What a difference!

[Jazzzed]

Well I have recently come to the conclusion that what I don't like about the stock 14-15 non-RS tailights is the big backup light right in the center. At night, the lights look badass when lit up,but that big white rectangle is terrible during the day. So I purchased some matching red vinyl, and cut up some covers for the backup lights. They turned out really good actually. Even up close it is very difficult to tell. I did leave a little slit at the bottom to allow some white light through when I am indeed backing up.