Gas Milage with Stage I

[PTCumming]

With gas prices rocketing.. I started looking at my
mileage compared to non-Stage I.

Stock

28MPG Highway
24MPG City

Stage I
22MPG Highway
20MPG City

This is without being a lead foot.
Conservative driving in both highway / city.
Interstate 75 for 220 miles and 10 gallon fillup
easy math on Stage I. But I got 6 more miles per gallon
pre Stage I.

What do you folks get???

Dave
Cumming GA

[Mike-in-Orange]

I've seen as low as 17mpg with S1, but that was shortly after installing it and for some reason my right foot seemed to have swelled uncontrollably! Just the other day I had to round trip to San Diego and managed 24.56mpg at a fairly steady 80mph. I did jump on it a few times to get around some slowpokes at certain freeway transitions, but that's about it.

I installed S1 when my car only had about 3000 miles on it, but I know I never got 28mpg Hwy in stock trim, and never close to 24mpg City. I think you're numbers are pretty good. I wish I had those numbers 'cause gas costs around 50 cents a gallon MORE here in SoCal than you guys are paying in GA.

[nsanegt03]

I wish I knew how you were getting 24 mpg in the city. I live here in S. Jersey, and i go to Philly often, I am lucky if I get 20 mpg. I am thinking your city isn't city at all, not by our standards up here anyways. But hey, more power to ya, less money out of your pocket.[^]

[Culprat]

With stage-1 24.5, stock 22 is the best we
ever got.
With stage-1,amx brand-x air box to turbo,Scott mesh
down pipe,27.6 to a high of 28.3 Highway with the cruise
set at 78-79 mph.

[PTCumming]

nsanegt03 .. probably right maybe "Xurban" driving would be a better term. Running to friends , malls maybe a half dozen traffic lights 25-55 MPH. For highway driving I fill up at the on ramp area of I-75 and travel 220 miles using the cruise control set for 70 miles per hour. I fill up just as I exit. I've done this a number of times going to my Dad's. Never touching the brake or gas... Auto Pilot Now if I control the gas feed [8)] mileage does vary....

[nsanegt03]

I think the gas is better down there too. I used to live in Jax, seemed my mileage was a bit better there. How much gas do you have left at 220 miles when you fill up? I am at 260 usually at a quarter tank or just under on the highway. I have never done better than 315. Happy driving down south, I miss it down there.[?]

[hyracer]

Stage 1, 5-spd, here. We live in a small town so our mileage is mostly highway driving. We average 27.5 MPG and that will usually have a couple full-throttle downshifts to 3rd as I pass a vehicle or two.

Deen

[Gary04GT]

The majority of posts I have read on this subject on this and other PT Cruiser forums in recent months have indicated that the installation of STAGE 1 usually improves gas mileage--from 2 to 3 mpg--depending on driving habits. Is this correct [:I] or are there some other considerations such as type of exhaust, CAI, up-pipe, down-pipe, BOV, wiring, etc., that make the difference? Thanks.

[SteelBlueGT]

Stock I get 18 to 20 around town and 22 to 24 on Highway. Dont think stage 1 or 2 would be much worse maybe better!!

[hyracer]

Gary04GT,

I didn't notice much of a change on my 5-spd. car as I was getting around 27-28 MPG (highway) before the install of Stage 1. Actually I installed the K&N drop-in and Stage 1 at the same time.

Deen