fuel mileage

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Originally Posted by Ace23

10mpg is sickening when it is $4.00+ a gallon for 93. I know the whole consensus of "It's a toy that you don't drive everyday so the gas doesn't bother me". At some level 10mpg bothers me especially if I was looking to drive it a out of town on the weekends or put some good seat time in a car. Does anyone have a 03/04 terminator 4V mod engine or a new Coyote mod motor to compare with for the gas mileage? At the end of the day if you drove 5000 miles a year at $4 you are looking at $2000 in gas.....even if you went to a mod motor and got 20mpg you would only have a $1000 savings. Pretty small drop in the bucket but it all adds up. If you were planning on putting some good seat time in one of these cars would you be looking at a mod motor for drive ability and long term durability anyway? Seems like you see many cars that put maybe get 1000-2000 miles on them a year.

I've been putting av fuel in my car at $6.50 per gallon, but I only drive 1500 miles a year. It's a wash compared to the $10/gallon race fuel I fed my old 03 cobra at between 15 and 20mpg. When I say 8mpg, I do mean I have a heavy foot. Do to the amount of miles I put on the car, my time is limited so I try to enjoy it as much as I can by applying right foot.

It's more like riding the bike than it is your 03 cobra. The weather has to be decent, and it's not always the best day to be driving on this suspension. It's not set up for comfort, not to say that it's horrible but it is a firm ride. Do to the nature of the exhaust, no matter what engine you have, you are going to smell a bit like fuel. Passengers? Again, it's like the bike so it limits you on where you are going.

I don't know that I have ever had a car that consistently got much better than 15mpg with me behind the wheel. But I'm sure that if I wanted to,I could stretch this 427 sbf to get that.

So yes, if you plan on daily driving the cobra replica, then a modern power plant like a coyote is a great idea.