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how many miles you get on gas ?

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ok so i wanna know how many miles you guys get in your mx , all swaps welcome . ok so on my car i have a stock tank of 9 gal . i get 168 the tank on full . is'nt that gay lol . so where's your car mileage ???
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There's an exact thread on this topic about a dozen threads down:

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I get more miles on gas than I do on diesel.
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I bet I could get more on water going downhill than you on gas anytime.
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Go try it. Come back and post results.

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ha ha dam that's funny !
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I get 230miles before light turns on in my 93 GS SE (K8, mostly stock)
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I put 274 miles on my last tank (440 kms)

with premium gas on my rebuilt DE, just over 35,000 kilometers on it now
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Damn, I think I get way less than any of that.

Got maybe 18 mpg flooring it around the track for an hour, but cruising about on highways seems to eat almost as much. Maybe 22 at best.
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about 220miles driving usually 10 mile trips. Probinator chip is running things silly rich 10:1 @WOT. So that's about 27mpg.

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