38mpg today @ 64mph
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What was your typical stock MPG with regular gas?Just wanted to gloat about that number today. Cruise control set to 64mph achieved 38.2mpg for the ride into work today (~15miles).
Thank you Trifecta!
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Good question. AS much as I've griped about this, 38 mpg at 64 mph is about what I get stock, and if I continue further than 15 miles, it continues to go up.
I would also be interested in seeing what you get with the mod going 70 mph the same distance. If you hit 38, I will be impressed.
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But is that highway rating 64 mph, or 70? BIG difference with this car.
The Cruze Eco 6MT according to the DIC has been about 37mpg Wife has been driving it mostly about 60 high and 40 city with around 1200 mile on the car. I know she doesn't try to maxiamize the fuel efficentcy like I would. I fill it once and checked against the DIC. I put in 8.7 gal and got 36 the DIC said I used 8.3gal and got 37
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Let me re-phrase, I was unclear.
Are you suggesting that you had a 5 MPG gain in your commute to work (HWY portion) as a result of the tune, premium fuel, and perhaps a bit from weather related variables?
I understand Vince is brilliant, I have no doubts about his skill set. But I have a real hard time believing my powertrain guys left 5 MPG on the table for no good reason. 1 or 2 by being gentler on the trans for the sake of lengevity, OK. 5, if that is just from the tune means we are paying the wrong guys!
Any chance we can get you and GDubs to hook up for a nice trial? Say 5 days of two way commutes on stock tune with 87, stock tune with 91, and then Trifecta tune with 91? Im sure Vince will pick up the tab for the gas mileage lost during the non tuned weeks - as an advertising expense. Youd have to be diciplined to try to keep your drving consistent, which is pretty boring. I am really excited about the results you have so far, just did not expect that kind of gain. Very cool
Dont really care if its DIC or calculated, as long as it is all apples.
Are you suggesting that you had a 5 MPG gain in your commute to work (HWY portion) as a result of the tune, premium fuel, and perhaps a bit from weather related variables?
I understand Vince is brilliant, I have no doubts about his skill set. But I have a real hard time believing my powertrain guys left 5 MPG on the table for no good reason. 1 or 2 by being gentler on the trans for the sake of lengevity, OK. 5, if that is just from the tune means we are paying the wrong guys!
Any chance we can get you and GDubs to hook up for a nice trial? Say 5 days of two way commutes on stock tune with 87, stock tune with 91, and then Trifecta tune with 91? Im sure Vince will pick up the tab for the gas mileage lost during the non tuned weeks - as an advertising expense
. Youd have to be diciplined to try to keep your drving consistent, which is pretty boring. I am really excited about the results you have so far, just did not expect that kind of gain. Very coolDont really care if its DIC or calculated, as long as it is all apples.
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The highway is rated at 60mph, I was doing 64mph. I'll retest this evening if I can, 70mph and report back.
edit: What I'm saying here is that the SPEED LIMIT is 60mph, I travel at 64-65mph
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I don't know what contributed to the gain but I'm happy that:
1. I'm getting 38mpg
2. I have the fastest Cruze
I'm sure GDubs would do that for me but I would never want to do that. It's a pain and just time consuming and I'm sorry but I'm not that concerned with it.
This is from the DIC
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OK. With my stock LT, I reset the DIC and did 4 round trips from home garage to work garage, 80 miles round trip, a few miles of that city, and got 36.3 MPG keeping the max speed at 70 mph.
Another read - Once I get on the interstate and hit 70, I set the DIC and 40 miles later I am over 39 if I mostly cruise between 55-65 mph.
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