Originally posted by EROD:
Hello all! I've just aqcuired a '98 SVT I snagged from my brother. The first "quirk' i noticed about the car was that it seems to cruise at very high RPMs. I don't know if this is normal for these cars. I've owned 5-speed cars all my life and I've never had one that needs 3500+ RPMs to cruise at 70mph. Even my previous 4-banger celica cruised 70 at around 3000. The car has the correct size tires and other than that, seem to work fine. I'm inclined to think that this is also related to the horrible gas mileage it gives me, i'm talking about barely 20mpg highway driving. Any suggestions or comments about whether this is normal? thanks

-ROD



With the gas mileage here are a few things you can do to help it
- clean MAF
- new plugs/wires if more than 50,000 miles old
- new fuel filter
- new air filter
- new PCV vavle
- have the injectors flushed out professionaly
- clean the throttle body and upper and lower intake manifold
- repalce the O2 sensor if old
- use Vavoline 10W 30 oil, it helps gas mileage, at least in my car it seems to



hope that helps