Keep your air filters clean and your ignition timed a little fast. Run donuts on all four tires, they're skinnier and turn easier. Never use your brakes unless you are coming to a complete stop. Set your speed at the speed where your tranny shifts into the highest gear (about 42 in all but one of my cars, the one with overdrive needs to be driven about 60 for lowest rpm in the highest gear.)
One word: acetone (about a tablespoon to a full tank of gas) bought at your wife's favorite hair salon.
Run 5w oil (5w30) and change it regularly, not 15w40 or straight 30/30 and get sloppy about changes.
Keep the car cleaned out of excess stuff inside, it takes energy to drag around the extra 500lbs of stuff that accumulates in some cars. I already mentioned skinny tires where possible.
Completely remove the A/C belt. Or the whole A/C system. Pull the fuse on the heater fan, and remove the radio. The only accessories that you should keep are wipers and lights. Horn is optional.
Put a trickle charger on your car if you drive at night to keep that battery up. A low battery makes the alternator pull really hard and drops milage. I experimented with a 12v radiator fan to force more air into the air cleaner. It helped--but not enough to counter the extra alternator load.
Tires should be filled to max psi allowed and checked (cold) frequently.
Don't idle to warm your car up. On cold days use a block heater. Choked engines are less efficient.
Smaller engines are better for fuel economy.
Manual transmission gets better economy. Even better: a high-speed rear end from another car of same make/model (that had an auto tranny.)
Dump the exhaust system. The muffler and catalyctic converter are not improving your mileage. If you aren't subject to regular emissions tests, raise car and take the exhaust system off starting before the converter. You can put back more exhaust pipe if you like.
Mixed results when 'chipping', but anything under the hood that's related to 'emissions' can be disabled. If you have a single O2 sensor on the exhaust manifold, change it regularly and if it's not staying clean or turning white, check and recheck your ignition and fuel/air mix.
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