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will a ram air intake improve or make my gas mileage worse?
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it will improve it. Mods like intake, exhaust, heads, and pnp intake manifolds just make your engine more efficient. In other words the car just breaths better so it makes more horsepower. This does not hurt mileage but rather improves it.2001 Arctic White Firebird With Black Drop Top<br /><br />3:42 Gears<br />Zexel LSD<br />BMR upper A-Arms<br />Trans Am exhaust with 3\" I-pipe and cutout<br />Modified intake<br />Mecham Hood<br />Trans Go shift kit<br />Making rear control arms and panhard -
While it might improve it don't look for anything substantial. I think with all of my intake/exhaust work done I might get like 1mpg more than stock IF I stay out of the powerband, which is always so tempting to resist [img]tongue.gif[/img]2002 Black Firebird:<br />A4, Y87, W68, T-tops<br />Best NA ET: 15.16 @ 90<br /> <a href=\"http://members.cardomain.com/darksde02\" target=\"_blank\">http://members.cardomain.com/darksde02</a>Comment
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Well if your mods only gets you 1 mile more pre gallon if you get 28 mpg and gas is $2, each mile costs you 7 cents. Now you get 7 cents of gas for free (you are getting 29mpg now) with each gallon of gas you burn makeing it now cost you $1.93 to you compaired to before.
That would be about a 1% boost in efficiency.
Hey 1% is 1% and that means less gas burned and more money in your pocket. Now only if evey one spent the time figuring out how to make there car 1% or 2% more efficient there would be 100,000's of gallons of gas saved in the U.S. The worst part is every one can do it, but hardly any one does.
That is why I went to 91 octaine gas over shaty 87 for my car it boosed gas milage to the point where (even with it costing 20 cents more) I save 1.4 cents per mile with 91. It adds up. That's with my Z28.
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if you fill up your tank once a week you would average a savings of 50-60 dollars a year. Not bad, also i know i have gotten closer to 2mpg. I wont keep this gain though, the turbos are going to get me.2001 Arctic White Firebird With Black Drop Top<br /><br />3:42 Gears<br />Zexel LSD<br />BMR upper A-Arms<br />Trans Am exhaust with 3\" I-pipe and cutout<br />Modified intake<br />Mecham Hood<br />Trans Go shift kit<br />Making rear control arms and panhardComment
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Didnt notice either way...before/after intake mods. That is probably because the car kept getting funner to drive with each mod, though.
But, I think the basic mods probably do help MPG. I drive faster because of them...but get the same gas mileage.Comment
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