Formulating arguement to explain my gas milage

I have ordered my Pro Guard.

There may be a complication, however, because I have also ordered the Art Carr tranny pan.

If my mileage increases will it be the Pro Guard or the tranny pan?

Heh. Everybody says it's easy, so I may install the Pro Guard 1,500 or 2,000 miles before the pan. We'll see.
 
I have the proguard installed now. I have also filled up for the first time. I will keep my eyes on the mileage.
 
COOL! GOOD man, keep us posted on your MPG! INTERESTING thread! I'm still too damned HAPPY w/ my 'new toy' to even notice my MPG! LOL! (After a few road trips, I'll likely be very inclined to pay attention and work to improve it!):D
 
I have found with my bone stock Marauder that 72-75MPH using cruise on the highway has consistantly shown me 27 MPG. :beer:

2003 300A Black.

Best,

Paul :D
 
I am sorry to report that my mileage has not changed since installing the Proguard. Which is quite sad news as 93 octane is $3.09 a gallon.
 
I ditto this. I had my ProGuard on for a few thousand miles and report absolutely no increase in mileage whatsoever. If anything, the MPG went down, but that's a bit of a stretch also. It was pretty much the same until I put in the T/C and then the MPG went way down and I lost a lot of tread on the rear tires simultaneously.

I have kept very careful watch on the MPG, as I go 30 miles one way to work, mostly highway every day. Picking up my daughter after school each day means about 70 miles per day of 3/4 highway and 1/4 in town driving. In short, a very good estimate of mileage. I travel the same speeds to/from work every day - +7 on the highway and +5 in town because it's not worth the hassle of going faster. I also fill up at the same pump at the same gas station nearly every time (I must get there when no one else wants gas). I don't think I can get more consistent than that.

The gears lost me at least 3 MPG when I switched to 4.10s. The ProGuard did nothing to increase mileage, and the TC has had me driving more "recreationally" lately.

I am considering redoing my tunes on my chip - one for everyday 93 octane driving, one for track/recreational use on the same octane, and one for 91 octane should I ever be caught without 93 (though that has never happened it's best to be prepared). But then I'll have to find a dyno tuner somewhere within a few hours who can reburn chips.

Sorry for the partial derail - just adding my $0.02 about the ProGuard and all that other stuff in the back of my mind spilled out. :)

-A

Agent M79 said:
I am sorry to report that my mileage has not changed since installing the Proguard. Which is quite sad news as 93 octane is $3.09 a gallon.
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The GreekGod quotes himself...

GreekGod said:
If a simple modification like a Pro-Guard skid plate can gain over 10% increase in highway fuel mileage, I would like to pose 2 questions:Q. #1)-does Ford's wind-tunnel need a "tune-up" and Q. #2)- Should not all the Ford engineers working in the wind-tunnel be blown out the end of the tunnel and sent to the unemployment line at the MESC? To me this sounds like the old (and now discredited) idea of leaving the pick-up truck tailgate down and gaining 1 or 2 mpg on the highway. Skid plate-good idea-:up: , 10%+ gain in highway mpg-:eek:
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The 1993 Gran Marquis I drive has the digital instrument panel and the owners manual has a detailed explanation of /on checking fuel mileage. After reading the manual, I gained further insight on how to properly check mpg and how difficult it actually is to do. The variables are numerous and a Pro-Guard test would take a very long term, at best, or something akin to the "Myth-busters" TV show test of the pick-up truck tailgate urban-myth.
 
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