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Originally Posted by eastwest2300
ahhhh. So its safe to say, if I were to go on a roadtrip, i'd be safe to get 400 miles on a topped off tank. Thanks bro.
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The only thing to be aware of if you let your fuel get low is fuel starvation. If you're cruising on pretty flat roads, no problem. But if you take a cloverleaf exit, but be wary of a right hand curve at speed with throttle. There are many people that suggest you fill up at 1/4 or even 1/2 tank. I fill up enough that doing it that often would waste a lot of my time. I take it down to one dot and --- Miles Remaining virtually every time. But I have learned my driving style vs the miles I can expect to get on a tank over time, and now I can predict how much gas I'm going to fill up with a few tenths of a gallon.
Also, note that my EcuTek tune seems to have really helped my gas mileage. Before the tune, I'm not sure I could have gotten 400 miles on a tank unless I was driving 100% highway at around 75 mph or less. This past tank, I was driving about on the highway for about half of it (rest was my daily commute in town). Almost one quarter of the mileage was on an 85 mph toll road, and I had cruise control set at 93 mph. The rest of the highway miles were mostly cruise control at 80 mph on the interstate.