Break In Gas Mileage?

[navycamel]

I just bought me a nice new shiny 2009 Venutre "S" and I am loving it! Within the past 40 miles, I have put on the Samson Slash Cuts, did the AIS Mod and did the 1/4 turn out on all the pilot mixture screw as I read about in these forums. I am woundering, though, what should I expect the gas mileage to be during the breake in period and therafter? Right now I have 400 miles on it and I am consistantly getting only 34 mile per gallon. My crazy, modified, and overpowered 2001 Road Star gets 37 mpg... will it get better as the engine breaks in?

[Squidley]

I just bought me a nice new shiny 2009 Venutre "S" and I am loving it! Within the past 40 miles, I have put on the Samson Slash Cuts, did the AIS Mod and did the 1/4 turn out on all the pilot mixture screw as I read about in these forums. I am woundering, though, what should I expect the gas mileage to be during the breake in period and therafter? Right now I have 400 miles on it and I am consistantly getting only 34 mile per gallon. My crazy, modified, and overpowered 2001 Road Star gets 37 mpg... will it get better as the engine breaks in?

 

 

There is a break in period for every engine that the fuel economy will be bad as the rings seat themselves in. Make sure that you run it through all the RPM ranges and dont set the cruise on it for long periods, this will help the break in. My '08 gets about 38 mpg, but I like to play with it and many times I'm heavily loaded 2 up. The average is about 40 mpg for most the members depending upon how you play with it....have fun with your new toy

[navycamel]

Thanks for the info, Squidley. 40 mpg sounds a lot better than what I'm getting. I'll just keep doing what I'm doing for the break in period and keep my fingers crossed that I'll get that 40 mpg too! As for having fun with the new toy... I'm having a blast! I just hit 600 miles on it yesterday. Had to take her for a ride after adding as much chrome as my pocket book would allow me:P