Lincoln Aviator Real World MPG

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#12 of 12 Re: Lincoln Aviator: MPG-Real World Numbers [mw3000] by geasea Nov 13, 2008 (8:49 pm)
Replying to: mw3000 (Mar 04, 2007 8:28 pm) the aviator has a SVT motor, you can't cut off two spark plugs that is NONSENSE. look under the hood, it is what a cobra had...... it is backed off to 285hp from much more. I doubt a chip will help or just reprogram the one you have but keep the original program... a K&N works marginally if you keep your foot out of it. Wives get 2 miles per gallon better or at least .7 in an aviator. 89 octane works fine, I have never used 91 in 45000 miles. Nitrogen in your tires does not lighten the wheel but does keep deflation from happening. So my toyota tundra with 381 HP does get 1 mile per gallon more than the aviator but with 6 speed tranny and a couple of years technology and non AWD in 2wd you win. Rolling resistence of the AWD cuts off more than a mile per gallon. Drive slower, stick on the hiway, or don't drive, you still have a lincoln. I always found myself driving it slower like an old man's muscle car. My ford 150 had the whole K&N cold air and duals and got scary with power (like the toyota is) but was 11 MPG. Since I don't get free navy planes to fly anymore I do like to stomp the gas for 5 bucks or so and hear a real motor. The Aviator and Toyota Tundra do sound like a Nascar. No muffler replacement needed, just hear the internals.

#12 of 12: Re: Lincoln Aviator: MPG-Real World Numbers [mw3000] by geasea; Nov 13, 2008 (8:49 pm)

Replying to: mw3000 (Mar 04, 2007 8:28 pm)

the aviator has a SVT motor, you can't cut off two spark plugs that is NONSENSE. look under the hood, it is what a cobra had...... it is backed off to 285hp from much more. I doubt a chip will help or just reprogram the one you have but keep the original program... a K&N works marginally if you keep your foot out of it. Wives get 2 miles per gallon better or at least .7 in an aviator. 89 octane works fine, I have never used 91 in 45000 miles. Nitrogen in your tires does not lighten the wheel but does keep deflation from happening. So my toyota tundra with 381 HP does get 1 mile per gallon more than the aviator but with 6 speed tranny and a couple of years technology and non AWD in 2wd you win. Rolling resistence of the AWD cuts off more than a mile per gallon. Drive slower, stick on the hiway, or don't drive, you still have a lincoln. I always found myself driving it slower like an old man's muscle car. My ford 150 had the whole K&N cold air and duals and got scary with power (like the toyota is) but was 11 MPG. Since I don't get free navy planes to fly anymore I do like to stomp the gas for 5 bucks or so and hear a real motor. The Aviator and Toyota Tundra do sound like a Nascar. No muffler replacement needed, just hear the internals.