What year should I for a daily driver?

[528emomo]

I plan on keeping it all oe

[Pat_96]

92 and newer have 4.6L V8,will get you much better economy and hiway performance due to new body style. Down side is parts usually cost more than pre 92's. Mine's a 99 , 98 and newer have Awsum handling and performance (240hp)

[ModMech]

It depends on what you REALLY want out of it.

For fuel economy and cost, I'd ONLY get a 1997 with single exhaust (LX or Base). Cars with duals have deeper gears and get lower mileage. You can expect 20-22 round town, and 26-30 all highway on a car with single exh., and they are VERY relaible.

[528emomo]

i ended up getting a 98 mostly because of the body.

I just came from a 3hr drive on the I-80 (little traffic) and got an avg 22 mpg with me, 4 passengers, and about 100 lbs of luggage. I think 22mpg is great for a V8. I was driving 75-80 most of the time. 70 seemed like a good speed for most mpg.

Current mods are...

single 50 series flows with stock piping (almost sounds like a stok 4.6 stang)

removed snorkel and replaced for 3" diameter tubing

[ModMech]

That's not bad, but you should be able to get 24/25 in pure freeway driving and on non-oxygenated fuel. The '98 up cars are bricks compared to the pre'98 cars, so you'll loose about 2 mpg to them in otherwise identicle cars.

[528emomo]

"non-oxygenated fuel" ?

[Pat_96]

Oxygenated fuel refers to gasoline with methanol content. It has a some what lower btu (energy)content than straight gasoline. But burns cleaner.
I have not been able to measure any milage change using either. The methanol is free fuel line deicer in cold climates!