September 23, 2010
Saving gas… 1994 miata?!?!?
Hey,
I have a 1994 Mx5 and was wondering what ways I can save as much gas as possible.
I was thinking about a cold air intake… any thoughts there?
What If I changed the engine, could I get another engine that saves gas… that isn’t super expensive?
any other ways to save gas?
thanks for your help
-Micah
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Comments on Saving gas… 1994 miata?!?!?
Yes, I’ve done both short air intake and header exhaust pipe swap. I did get a small bump in the MPG.
But first get a tune-up.
Then if you REALLY want to save gas follow some simple rules. Forget all those “SAVE GAS” scams. This was on NBC morning TV show. The difference is as much as 38% (their claim). There are very simple rules to save gas:
(1) drive slow – not too much past 55
(2) accelerate slowly
(3) don’t brake unnecessarily
(4) use cruise control – whenever it is safe to do so.
Don’t coast – it is NOT safe and it does NOT save gas.
The above really works. Using those simple rules I was able to drive from Boston to NYC (210.5 miles) on just 5.112 gallon (94 Civic). That’s 41 MPG (94 Civic 187K miles). Actually I was speeding at 72 MPH so I could do even better at 55.
WOW !!
Good Luck…
Even a cheap engine swap or modification would take forever to pay for itself in gas savings.
Better to reduce miles and SPEED that you drive.