Mpg With A Cai Options

[Grtguitarplyr420]

What kind of MPG's are people getting with an Injen CAI?? Better or worse then stock?

[freakingwilly]

Better. I went from 17MPG to 20MPG with the exact same driving habits. Started driving like a normal person and now I get about 23MPG.

Please note that this is 100% CITY driving. I don't need the highway to go where I needs to!

[JWhat89]

Better.  I went from 17MPG to 20MPG with the exact same driving habits.  Started driving like a normal person and now I get about 23MPG.

Please note that this is 100% CITY driving.  I don't need the highway to go where I needs to!
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shoulda went with a hybrid if all you do is city driving SILLY

[AConns]

shoulda went with a hybrid if all you do is city driving SILLY
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hybrids are for people who throw paint on fur coats and ill-informed seal hunt activists http://clubs.ccsu.edu/recorder/editorial/e....asp?NewsID=188

thats just one example.

another is people going with flex fuel cars and spending waayyy more on gas to get less power and to get the same distance

[webzES]

:offtopic: but did anyone else laugh when cadillac came out with the "hybrid" escalade? i about died i was laughing so hard. i predict an environmental friendly hummer coming..

[JWhat89]

hybrids are for people who throw paint on fur coats and ill-informed seal hunt activists    http://clubs.ccsu.edu/recorder/editorial/e....asp?NewsID=188

thats just one example.

another is people going with flex fuel cars and spending waayyy more on gas to get less power and to get the same distance
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i agree with flexfuel, its the biggest joke in america, outside of barack obama *cough* anyway anyone who thinks biofuel is going to take over america is trippin on something, but i think it makes sense to buy a hybrid if you do 80% city driving, but thats just me

[AConns]

i agree with flexfuel, its the biggest joke in america, outside of barack obama *cough* anyway anyone who thinks biofuel is going to take over america is trippin on something, but i think it makes sense to buy a hybrid if you do 80% city driving, but thats just me
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i wouldnt just for the facts on how its made. all of that pollution from making it is worse than using more gas

[Grtguitarplyr420]

Well I've heard that it helps but you dont see the hp gains until almost redline...so I'm kinda skeptical about it all =/

[freakingwilly]

shoulda went with a hybrid if all you do is city driving SILLY
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Waiting for the Chevy Volt... :grin:

The only decent looking hybrids I've seen are:

Honda Civic
Toyota Camry
Nissan Altima

I'd still take the Lancer over any of those cars... and if we got the diesel Lancer, I would have snapped that puppy up in a heartbeat!

TQ AND MPG MADNESS!

[sordid]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLgwiQwGRcU

:grin:

[Ghost_117]

I've noticed approx 2-3 mpg improvement on average.

[Therdin]

I've noticed approx 2-3 mpg improvement on average.
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Same here. I get around 31 to 32 MPG,but i do mostly Highway Driving back and forth to work. But if i'm late for work... and i'm hauling butt getting there it drops my MPG about them same used to get around 25 MPG if i was driving crazy... now i get 21 roughly. so if you don't shift gears at 5 1/2K RPM's and drive semi normally you MPG should go up a little... but lets face it if you just dropped 400 bucks on your CAI i doubt you will be... so your MPG will probably go down until you get rid of that lead foot and the new wears off your mod... then you'll see a gain i bet

[fullmetalpanic]

Waiting for the Chevy Volt...  :grin:
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too bad it doesnt look like the concept... and doesnt run like they originally said they would.

:offtopic: Did you see the Steven Cobert interview of Bob Lutz? He was asking if he could plug his Volt into the cigarette lighter in his hummer :laughing:

[freakingwilly]

too bad it doesnt look like the concept... and doesnt run like they originally said they would.

:offtopic: Did you see the Steven Cobert interview of Bob Lutz? He was asking if he could plug his Volt into the cigarette lighter in his hummer  :laughing:
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It doesn't?!? What the crap... the concept headlights had me SOLD!

I haven't seen that interview, but that sure sounds like Steven Colbert to me!

Back on topic... the "new mod feeling" never wore off for me. I enjoy every firm press of my gas pedal!

[roughneckeyad]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/offtopic.gif) but did anyone else laugh when cadillac came out with the "hybrid" escalade? i about died i was laughing so hard. i predict an environmental friendly hummer coming..

The funniest thing ever was the Lexus LS450 Hybrid for 1 EXTRA mile per gallon.. and for $20,000 more.. Stupid people.

[xcowboyxbebop]

I get 28 to 30 highway and even though i live in philly i rarely drive "city". I've never gotten less than 24 mpg. One time driving to western PA and it got 34 mpg i surprised.

Anyway with my CAI on and exhaust i haven't noticed any mpg difference and i monitor it regularly.


2008 lancer es M/T

[sordid]

My MPGs went down for a number of reasons, with the aftermarket intake:

2nd gear from 1500-2000rpm at 50% throttle
3rd gear from 3200-4000rpm at 50% throttle
4th gear at 1500rpm and 2100rpm at 75% throttle
any gear at > 4000rpm WOT.


It's actually quite interesting how many different resonance points there are with this engine, especially when MIVEC does some cam play.

4th gear at 2100rpm at 75%-100% throttle (that's about 65km/h) is my "pick a damn lane already" horn.
...and after about 9 months, the novelty still hasn't worn off, so my MPG still suffers.

[Tearheads]

If your looking to get more mpg by installing a CAI, that not the way to go. check out how to hypermile