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What's the best fuel mileage you ever got in your Charger?

Started by bull, May 14, 2007, 07:55:29 PM

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bull

May 14, 2007, 07:55:29 PM
Back in about 1986 I took a trip from Portland, Oregon to Enterprise, Oregon (about 350 miles) and I got 22 mpg with a '70 383/auto and (I think) a 2.76 rear end. I don't know what the ratio was because I never cared but it had some pretty tall gears. I followed an empty flat bed truck that was running about 90 mph for roughly 250 miles of that trip. What's your best mpg?

bordin34

#1
May 14, 2007, 08:06:06 PM
Over 500, pushing

1973 SE Brougham Black 4̶0̶0̶  440 Auto.
1967 Coronet Black 440 Auto
1974 SE Brougham Blue 318 Auto- Sold to a guy in Croatia
1974 Valiant Green 318 Auto - Sold to a guy in Louisiana
Mahwah,NJ

Dave22443

#2
May 14, 2007, 08:49:48 PM
For the few years that I ran a 318, I consistantly got 19 MPG.  I don't remember the gear ratio of the rear end at the time.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
- Abraham Lincoln

bull

#3
May 14, 2007, 08:50:48 PM

resq302

#4
May 14, 2007, 08:53:16 PM
I dont keep track but the way I have a lead foot when I am in my charger, chances are I get gallons per mile!   :rofl:
Brian
1969 Dodge Charger (factory 4 speed, H code 383 engine,  AACA Senior winner, 2008 Concours d'Elegance participant, 2009 Concours d'Elegance award winner)
1970 Challenger Convert. factory #'s matching red inter. w/ white body.  318 car built 9/28/69 (AACA Senior winner)
1969 Plymough GTX convertible - original sheet metal, #'s matching drivetrain, T3 Honey Bronze, 1 of 701 produced, 1 of 362 with 440 4 bbl - auto

PocketThunder

#6
May 14, 2007, 10:59:30 PM
8.5 smiles :icon_smile_big: per gallon  ;D  440, auto, 2:76 rear gear
"Liberalism is a disease that attacks one's ability to understand logic. Extreme manifestations include the willingness to continue down a path of self destruction, based solely on a delusional belief in a failed ideology."

autodynamics

#7
May 15, 2007, 03:29:36 AM
25 hwy.... 15-17 around town... havent been able to keep my foot off the gas pedal!!!!!

Ghoste

#8
May 15, 2007, 04:12:20 AM
Never checked, if it was a concern for me I would probably drive something different.  Now if it was as expensive as a boat to fuel, that would get my attention in a hurry, but right now, I can still rate it by a fun per dollar figure.

Just 6T9 CHGR

#9
May 15, 2007, 07:05:46 AM
A few years ago on the trip down to Carlisle, PA I averaged 15 mpg....on the way up it was around 9 :(

Around town driving its around 8-9 mpg

440 auto w/3.55's
Chris' '69 Charger R/T

69charger2002

#10
May 15, 2007, 12:18:26 PM
my 440's always seem to get 8-9 around town and 10 highway.. my 383 has gotten about 12 highway
trav
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BrianShaughnessy

#11
May 15, 2007, 12:23:12 PM
Somewhere over 15 highway.
Black Betty:  1969 Charger R/T - X9 440 six pack, TKO600 5 speed, 3.73 Dana 60.
Sinnamon:  1969 Charger R/T - T5 440, 727, 3.23 8 3/4 high school sweetheart.

CharlieCharger

#12
May 15, 2007, 12:52:30 PM
I had about 16-20 to the gallon with 318 2.94 gears
Earth. Even the word sounded strange to me now... unfamiliar. How long had I been gone? How long had I been back? Did it matter? I tried to find the rhythm of the world where I used to live. I followed the current. I was silent, attentive, I made a conscious effort to smile, nod, stand, and perform the millions of gestures that constitute life on earth. I studied these gestures until they became reflexes again. But I was haunted by the idea that I remembered her wrong -Solaris

CHARGERMAN2007_69

#13
May 15, 2007, 12:55:39 PM
How much is gas everywhere else.  It's $2.19 here in moberly missouri
1971 charger SE 500
1970 charger r/t(clone)
1970 GTX(clone)
1999 Durrango
1997 jeep grand Cherokee
1973 gtx 1 of 117
1996 Dodge ram

CharlieCharger

#14
May 15, 2007, 12:58:57 PM
Quote from: CHARGERMAN2007_69 on May 15, 2007, 12:55:39 PM
How much is gas everywhere else.  It's $2.19 here in moberly missouri

2.85$
Earth. Even the word sounded strange to me now... unfamiliar. How long had I been gone? How long had I been back? Did it matter? I tried to find the rhythm of the world where I used to live. I followed the current. I was silent, attentive, I made a conscious effort to smile, nod, stand, and perform the millions of gestures that constitute life on earth. I studied these gestures until they became reflexes again. But I was haunted by the idea that I remembered her wrong -Solaris

CHARGERMAN2007_69

#15
May 15, 2007, 01:00:36 PM
Where is that
1971 charger SE 500
1970 charger r/t(clone)
1970 GTX(clone)
1999 Durrango
1997 jeep grand Cherokee
1973 gtx 1 of 117
1996 Dodge ram

CharlieCharger

#16
May 15, 2007, 01:07:26 PM
Houston, tx
Earth. Even the word sounded strange to me now... unfamiliar. How long had I been gone? How long had I been back? Did it matter? I tried to find the rhythm of the world where I used to live. I followed the current. I was silent, attentive, I made a conscious effort to smile, nod, stand, and perform the millions of gestures that constitute life on earth. I studied these gestures until they became reflexes again. But I was haunted by the idea that I remembered her wrong -Solaris

CHARGERMAN2007_69

#17
May 15, 2007, 01:10:13 PM
Thats realy high. its all because of bush, no offence .
1971 charger SE 500
1970 charger r/t(clone)
1970 GTX(clone)
1999 Durrango
1997 jeep grand Cherokee
1973 gtx 1 of 117
1996 Dodge ram

1BAD68

#18
May 15, 2007, 01:12:16 PM
I average 20 mpg with the 318 which is great considering gas is $3.23 a gallon here

CharlieCharger

#19
May 15, 2007, 01:12:52 PM
Quote from: CHARGERMAN2007_69 on May 15, 2007, 01:10:13 PM
Thats realy high. its all because of bush, no offence .

Oh man, don't start politics it always turns into a wreck  :yesnod:
Earth. Even the word sounded strange to me now... unfamiliar. How long had I been gone? How long had I been back? Did it matter? I tried to find the rhythm of the world where I used to live. I followed the current. I was silent, attentive, I made a conscious effort to smile, nod, stand, and perform the millions of gestures that constitute life on earth. I studied these gestures until they became reflexes again. But I was haunted by the idea that I remembered her wrong -Solaris

CHARGERMAN2007_69

#20
May 15, 2007, 01:13:46 PM
I agree
1971 charger SE 500
1970 charger r/t(clone)
1970 GTX(clone)
1999 Durrango
1997 jeep grand Cherokee
1973 gtx 1 of 117
1996 Dodge ram

69charger2002

#21
May 15, 2007, 02:11:16 PM
$2.19 that has to be the lowest in the nation.. that would get you 79 octane here.. :)
i live in CHARGERLAND.. visitors welcome. 166 total, 7 still around      

http://charger01foster.tripod.com/

CharlieCharger

#22
May 15, 2007, 02:13:58 PM
Quote from: 69charger2002 on May 15, 2007, 02:11:16 PM
$2.19 that has to be the lowest in the nation.. that would get you 79 octane here.. :)

We all should just move there..The way things are going right now.
Earth. Even the word sounded strange to me now... unfamiliar. How long had I been gone? How long had I been back? Did it matter? I tried to find the rhythm of the world where I used to live. I followed the current. I was silent, attentive, I made a conscious effort to smile, nod, stand, and perform the millions of gestures that constitute life on earth. I studied these gestures until they became reflexes again. But I was haunted by the idea that I remembered her wrong -Solaris

rt green

#23
May 15, 2007, 05:51:40 PM
3.25 in sioux falls s dakota.    sucks
third string oil changer

Ponch ®

#24
May 15, 2007, 06:19:59 PM
Uh oh...this is turning into another "Gas Prices Check-In" bitchfest thread...

the best mpg I've ever got in the Charger was 25. Drove from L.A. to Vegas, from Vegas to MATS @ LVMS, back down to Strip, drove around town, then back to the hotel in Primm. I didn't have to fill up again till the next morning in Baker - halfway back to L.A. Over 450 miles on a single 18 gallon gas tank. Probably can go further, but half the drive to Vegas is uphill.
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