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    Quote Originally Posted by Juanmiguel View Post
    Mine went up on this last mod install, I did the SSIC, ported SC, TB and LIM at the same time and now it's 20-22 mpg city driving and 35+ highway with a very light foot. It was doing way worse before I installed those. I still haven't figured out why the MPG improved so much with those parts.
    My non Intercooler 3.4 with headers got 28-30 highway. Port and polished supercharger and polished what I could easily reach in lim and got a constant 32-36 highway . . . Must be porting the blower that helps somehow
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    Quote Originally Posted by fisher580 View Post
    My non Intercooler 3.4 with headers got 28-30 highway. Port and polished supercharger and polished what I could easily reach in lim and got a constant 32-36 highway . . . Must be porting the blower that helps somehow
    lol, porting a blower does nothing.

    You probably fixed a vacuum leak.
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