Godfather843
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I have an '05 LS V6. I just bought it less than a month ago and was expecting decent gas mileage.. right now im getting less than 20 a gal. Is this the norm? any suggestions on how to improve?
R-BONES said:i have an 02 and get 11-13 city and 15 highway
R-BONES said:i have an 02 and get 11-13 city and 15 highway
Unless he had his speedo recalibrated, there's no way to know what his mileage is. Even with lower profile tires, 20s are going to be significantly larger than the stock 17s, so the car will show fewer miles on the odometer than it has actually gone; this will make the mileage appear lower than it really is.5.7sbc said:20's raise the rolling weight. They obviously weight more then 17s. Have you considered or already changed your plugs, air and fuel filter? I get 16-17 city and 23-25 highway but it was worse before I changed that stuff.
SoonerLS said:Unless he had his speedo recalibrated, there's no way to know what his mileage is. Even with lower profile tires, 20s are going to be significantly larger than the stock 17s, so the car will show fewer miles on the odometer than it has actually gone; this will make the mileage appear lower than it really is.
i have a 01 v8 i drive hard and im getting 16-19 city and 20-26 hwyscjmc said:02 LS8 19-24MPG--I drive it hard.
teh_milz said:i have a 01 v8 i drive hard and im getting 16-19 city and 20-26 hwy
n8bachelor said:Good point but not entirely true. The stock 05 v6 comes with 225/55/R16 wheels. If he were to use a 245/30/R20 tire the reading on the odometer would be only 0.2% short (ie for every 100 miles read on the odo he would actually travel 100.2 miles). Now if this is not his tire size then you would be correct and his tires would likely be larger than the stock overall diameter.
Godfather what size are your tires? Click here to check sizes.
DarkMansLSEV8 said:My car is a 2002 V8 and im getting 12.8 to 13's. Im pretty heavy on her though. Should I change the fuel filter?
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NickLS said:Do a search on gas mileage.. There are acouple of long threads about specifically gas mileage for the LS of all years. But I think the typical numbers avg. to about 18-20 City and 22-25 highway.
Me personally get 19-20 city (stop and go) and 24-26 highway
Kelleyo said:Welcome to the performance Sedan world
DarkMansLSEV8 said:guidelines on how to change and where is the fuel filter please! thanks.
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