I can easily push 20mpg on long trips, from St. Louis to North carolina. Mods
that help are MSD, tonneau, lowered in back, K&N.
Keredt wrote:
> When I first got my 97 5.2L, my hiway mileage was in the mid 17's. Just over
> Christmas I drove from Cleveland Oh to Belleville Il ( approx 15 miles
> souteast of St. Louis Mo. ). I have the overhead convience group which comes
> with the Trip computer, I was getting 17.2 with a bad tank of gas, when I
> filled up with next tank and went back on hiway I got 18.5 the rest of the
> way, I made a total of 3 stops, one for lunch on for bathroom break and one
> for gas on the way there. On the way back I made one stop and got gas
> bathroom and lunch all rolled into one, I got 18.9 mpg for a total of 18.05
> mpg. Total trip distance is approx 567 miles.
>
> Keredt
>
> 97 5.2L CC SLT+
> 3.55 LSD w/ handling pkg
> 12100 miles purchased May 10
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