I wonder where the hell these people are getting their MPG statistics. Since the EPA's website for MPG numbers only goes back to like '86, I dug around until I found a site that lists mileage stats for an '84 Mustang. Lo and behold, I came up with this...
http://www.mpgomatic.com/2008/06/24/ford-mustang-gas-mileage/
While the more recent listings sound a lot more believable in the mid- to low-20's, and I can almost believe that the four-banger Foxes in the late 80's got close to 30 ... HOW the HELL do they figure an '84 CFI 5.0 (transmission listed as "A4," the CFI 5.0 was the only Mustang to get an AOD in '84) will get 30 MPG on the highway? The city rating of 18 MPG sounds a bit optimistic, but ... 30 for the highway? HOW? ... especially since the CFI-AOD cars came with 3.27 gears!
I don't get it. Maybe I should reconsider doing that carb swap, after all...?
http://www.mpgomatic.com/2008/06/24/ford-mustang-gas-mileage/
While the more recent listings sound a lot more believable in the mid- to low-20's, and I can almost believe that the four-banger Foxes in the late 80's got close to 30 ... HOW the HELL do they figure an '84 CFI 5.0 (transmission listed as "A4," the CFI 5.0 was the only Mustang to get an AOD in '84) will get 30 MPG on the highway? The city rating of 18 MPG sounds a bit optimistic, but ... 30 for the highway? HOW? ... especially since the CFI-AOD cars came with 3.27 gears!
I don't get it. Maybe I should reconsider doing that carb swap, after all...?