am i hurting my car? Options

[chandy1986]

Hi i'm Chandy. I was wondering if they way I drive can hurt my car. Because my car has a 7afe I'm trying to be very economical. So I shift really early. What happens to my car if I drive it in the low rpms? I'm a little worried about the water that comes out the muffler because it is below freezing here in mass.

[chandy1986]

Theres a dont not touch label on the exaust manifold?

I shift early but when i feel my car is struggling to go in that gear i downshift. So as long as im not hurting my car like this. Ill continue driving it like the way i am. It seems that i'm getting 27 mpg in the city w00t

[hurley97]

Theres a dont not touch label on the exaust manifold?

I shift early but when i feel my car is struggling to go in that gear i downshift. So as long as im not hurting my car like this. Ill continue driving it like the way i am. It seems that i'm getting 27 mpg in the city w00t

you should be getting more than that. I actually found that shifting at higher RPM saves me more gas. when I was first driving my car as a manual and wasn't really used to it I shifted early, always under 3,000, and got about 25 mpg or so on average (which was still so much better than the auto). but when I got used to it and started playing around I found that shifting between 3-4,000 I actually average like 5-10 mpg more