Very low mpg, help plz

[911monty]

Originally Posted by Mike689

Sorry I messed up on the quote thing and had to fix it. Wouldn't 4.5k burn more fuel not helping with mpg?

Depends on what the throttle is at. I of course like to use a lot of it! Mike I think you may be shifting your car too early. There is a lot of load on these engines at low RPMs The load on the engine (chains) is lessened when the engine is revving. I would suggest occasional bursts to 6500 RPM but don't shift before 4.5k. If you have your owners manual it has minimum speed to shift at.