Improvements for my commute to school

[AVE0SAM]

im looking for ideas to help with my mpg for commuting to school every week...my aveo has 63,000 miles on it. I figured I would give plugs and wires a change. I was also thinking of doing a thing of that injector cleaner but does it really work and what do you recommend? another thing I was thinking of was aerodynamics since I will be doing mostly highway (ie 70mph+). For this I was thinking something of a homemade splitter on the bottom of the front lip....would that help out at all? any input is welcome.

[ontarian_frog]

for every 10 miles an hour slower, 20% increase in mpg :P....I wish. Drafting will help a lot though.

[AVE0SAM]

for every 10 miles an hour slower, 20% increase in mpg :P....I wish. Drafting will help a lot though.

yea i tried that with trucks but sometimes they go to damn slow......i tried going slower to but didn't see much change.

another thing i was thinking about was if a CAI or and SRI would be better for highway driving

[deniswhite1]

sri, becouse at that speed you don't need tq but horsepower, but ether way at the 2500-3500 rpm they don't do much good. but i read that warm air going in to the intake improves gas milege caz it will take less gas to get the proper mixture so sri would work better

[AveoRob]

Try one of those tornados, or vornados and give a report back

[AVE0SAM]

alright so not ever input is welcome lol

[mikedudley17]

an apexi neo. lean out ur a/f map.

[ontarian_frog]

an apexi neo. lean out ur a/f map.

does it intercept the o2 sensors output? if not when in closed loop, which he will be most of the time the ecu will bring the a/f right back where it should be.

[AVE0SAM]

hmm that is an interesting idea mike...

[AveoRob]

Ok, I'll be serious. New spark plugs, new air filter, and properly inflated tires. Not much more you really can do. It will take a while to recoup what you spend on a fancy whatchamacallit, getting a few more MPG, if you ever really do. The other way to get better gas MPG is as was said before, back of the throttle a bit, it really makes a diff.