New highway ride ...

[Miller15]

Travel car project starts tomorrow. 2015 EX sedan. I'm looking to improve the car to maximize hwy mileage. I've Ben trolling for a few days to get familiar with the site.

Stay tuned ...

 

[webby]

Welcome. What plans do you have for mileage

 

[Miller15]

A light foot to start with!

After that, maybe open up the intake & exhaust a bit, lower slightly, & see if I can find a few aero enhancements.

Open to suggestions also ...

 

[W3R0]

Correct me if I'm wrong but, isnt more air (cooler) bad for mpgs?

 

[13blacksedan]

How about a tune?

 

[Miller15]

Internal combustion engines are just complicated air pumps. The easier it is to move the air in & out, the better. Less work trying to suck air in & push it out means more efficient power available to move the car.

Very few cars won't benefit from intake / exhaust improvements. The mpg's tend to go down when you put extra "foot" into it to hear your new intake / exhaust.

I'll document my progress along this journey. I've got a 700 mile round trip each week for work, so lots of hwy driving to measure.

I will retire this from the daily commute ...

 

[NoMoreNissans]

just an FYI aftermarket intakes dont really do anything useful on these cars, especially the nonSi trims. they just confuse the ECU without a tune and usually result in worse performance/mileage. your best bet is to reduce weight, especially by getting lighter rims, and to find some low rolling resistance tires

 

[Pauly99to17]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Nomar06]

You could air up the tires for less rolling resistance.

Some of the hybrid/hypermiling forums I have seen tend to put the tires at 40psi or so to try and improve MPGs.

 

[webby]

And hybrid wheels or light weight wheels. The hybrid rims were quite light.

 

[Miller15]

Perhaps, then, just a synthetic drop in filter for easier flow. I'm not interested in getting it tuned at this point.

I'll play with tire pressures to see if there is a measurable difference.

... not ready to invest in lightweight wheels just yet either.

Thanks for the feedback