...... 7.8 miles to the gal.
10-14-04, 11:43 PM
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damn the cold weather......its my car's horrid tunning..or lack there of. Damn thing smells like straight up crap when it idles and i just know its drinking my gas =( .....its starting to cost 2 bucks a gal here too....stupid gas...stupid un tunned car...stupid me for not having a job to pay for a tunner and buy a safc =(
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10-14-04, 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Daniel577h
you got a v8 in it?
Make sure your car is in decent running order, then you'll probably get 15mpg at worst.
And don't bitch about gas prices, gas broke the $2.50 mark a while ago here.
10-15-04, 01:26 AM
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you own a rotary, you're not entitled to complain about gas mileage
thats like an SUV owner complaining about gas
take pride in how many gallons per mile the rotary takes
thats like an SUV owner complaining about gas
take pride in how many gallons per mile the rotary takes
10-15-04, 01:48 AM
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Originally Posted by snub disphenoid
That's funny because the EPA rating on an LS1 in a car that weighs 500 lbs. more than the RX7 is in fact much better than the 13Bs EPA rating. Weird how that works.
Make sure your car is in decent running order, then you'll probably get 15mpg at worst.
And don't bitch about gas prices, gas broke the $2.50 mark a while ago here.
Make sure your car is in decent running order, then you'll probably get 15mpg at worst.
And don't bitch about gas prices, gas broke the $2.50 mark a while ago here.
), look where v8's peak torque hits and where rotaries' (and small displacement engines) peak torque is.my TPS was WAY off once. i was getting 13-15mpg (91 na). after it was adjusted, i saw 19+.
i paid 1.90/gal for 87 tonight. i believe our minimum wage is at $5.25/hr, but i'm really not sure.
10-15-04, 02:42 AM
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the ls1 is rated good cause the automatic transmission keeps the rpms at 1500 unless ur spinning the tires. if a rotary could put out enough torque at that rpm I bet we would have decent gas milleage. my buddie's miata that's supposed to get 40mpg freeway only got 20 on his 1000 mile roadtrip. EPA ratings are the best possible, not what you will actually get.
10-15-04, 03:25 AM
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im hateing how the old s4 ecu and fuel injection design back in the day worked... so why not we all go CARB! probably get the same amount of gas millage but probly lil better torque.
10-15-04, 08:25 AM
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I highly doubt that your car is running right. I wouldn't listen to the people that say its normal...I mean 7.8 miles per gallon!? I get 24 mpg highway and around 17 city. I would check the oxy sensor and its connection, then plugs and plug wires. Something is DEFINATLY wrong.
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10-15-04, 08:57 AM
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Something is definately up.... My ported motor and BNR stage III get me 26 MPG on the highway... and I think about 1 gallon per mile at the track, (but i sepnt days tunig the haltech for highway driving as well)
10-15-04, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by casio
ii paid 1.90/gal for 87 tonight. i believe our minimum wage is at $5.25/hr, but i'm really not sure.
10-15-04, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Icemark
Hmm must be the winter gas formula... I only got 18 MPG on my last tank as well