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View Poll Results: What's your combined gas mileage like?
14 and below
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26.48%
around 15 / 16
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26.03%
17- 20
109
49.77%
20 +
60
27.40%
20+ with A/C on
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Old Sep 26, 2003 | 06:10 PM
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and mine is with out ac. i dont even have the pump on.
Maybe 1700rpm idle got something to do with it.
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Old Sep 26, 2003 | 06:11 PM
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or the bridgeport
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Old Sep 27, 2003 | 07:32 PM
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Originally posted by razorback
damn metric system.
Metric system owns!

What size wrench are you mostly using on your RX7?

I don't have any link right now to translate into MPG, but it's a pretty good MPG number I'm sure. I know other Canadian guys with N/As who don't get as good gas mileage as me, but if anyone has better numbers to show it's probably Amur_.
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Old Sep 27, 2003 | 10:03 PM
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Old Sep 27, 2003 | 10:04 PM
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I'm getting roughly 15 or so PG. My A/C doesn't run.
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Old Sep 28, 2003 | 01:31 AM
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How so you guys get such crap *** mileage with N/As!

I get like 17-18 MPG CITY, and that's a 145K mile Turbo II motor!

I guess that's just a testament as to who is changing their oil and spark plugs on time.
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Old Sep 28, 2003 | 02:34 AM
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i have a turbo 2 and bridgeport. so i cant bitch. but damn it sounds cool
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Old Sep 28, 2003 | 03:36 AM
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just above 14mpg- and I know that's shitty even for the heavy n/a vert. Changing the o2 sensor and plugs this w/e, then we'll see how she flies.
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Old Sep 28, 2003 | 02:14 PM
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during my breakin period I saw 21 highway in my street ported TII, since then 'normal' driving is around 17 but anytime I have fun it drops as low as 11.
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Old Sep 28, 2003 | 03:10 PM
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I get 17-18 with 93, but when i used to run 89 I got like 14, and now i have like REALLY clean fuel injectors, and I get like i said, 17-18
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Old Sep 28, 2003 | 04:59 PM
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Did you get them professionally clean 5 point whoa?
Just wondering, because I think mine aren't squirting very efficiently.
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Old Sep 29, 2003 | 07:10 PM
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I just got back from sevenstock, and i made a post in the west section about the fuel economy. I averaged 24 mpg, with a best of 26 on the freeway. This is with a haltech e6k, 550/1600cc, street port, cosmo pump, and 2 windows rolled down

not bad i say!
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Old Sep 29, 2003 | 07:53 PM
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Just got back from 7 Stock, 2493 miles round trip. I averaged 28.58 mpg at 5 to 10 over the speed limit with cruze control. Only mods where a street port, Cold air box with cone filter and removed the precat.
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Old Oct 9, 2003 | 06:19 PM
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thanks for all the replies... it's at cartek now for plugs and wires, and I will start using 87 octane as suggested, and cross my fingers
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Old Oct 9, 2003 | 09:52 PM
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I've been getting about 20 or more on my fresh na street port, but I can't go over 4000 rpm so that's really just an 'around town' figure for me.
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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 12:02 AM
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17/20
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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 09:00 AM
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I do about 80% city driving...getting 18 MPG...On the Highway around 23 MPG...

Some gas saving tips are:
Of course keep in tune...Oil changed on time, make sure tires are inflated properly...Drive smooth...anyone else?
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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 10:18 AM
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It's getting colder with fall up here in Canada. As soon as that happens my gas mileage falls off about another 1/4 quicker than normal. Anybody else have this happen?

Originally posted by Black13B
Metric system owns!

What size wrench are you mostly using on your RX7?

I don't have any link right now to translate into MPG, but it's a pretty good MPG number I'm sure. I know other Canadian guys with N/As who don't get as good gas mileage as me, but if anyone has better numbers to show it's probably Amur_.
11mm socket

Black 13b... Here you go http://www.rockymountainmoggers.com/convert.html

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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 03:06 PM
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I can get 18-20 in my 87 TII
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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 03:09 PM
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i get 4.8 with my TII no cats though and i run a little rich, i did put some 118 trick gas and got around 16 but at 5 dollars a gallon i will settle for the 14
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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 03:26 PM
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I get around 13 or so, sometimes 11, depends on how much my foot weighs...
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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 11:53 PM
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Stock S5 NA with headers and exhaust. Worst is 16 best is 24.4. I would like to know how people get 26. Do they have wrong size tires?
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Old Oct 14, 2003 | 12:51 AM
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With A/C : 10mpg city, 20mpg highway
With Out A/C: 12mpg city, 22-24 highyway.

Somehow I managed 26 on a 300 trip last week. Used 89 octane and kept off boost and used cruise @ 80mph the whole way. I normally see 20 when I use my usual 93 octane.
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Old Nov 12, 2003 | 03:06 PM
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I got 24mpg on I-5 going to SevenStock. I usually get 17-18mpg in town, but after I put on my header I just couldn't stay out of it and got 15. Should be able to get 27 freeway out of it now. I think Blue TII was getting 26 out of the motor I'm using now. He was running catless with a cone filter, but I don't think he had it running as tight as I do.
(My smog check showed lower HCs from my tailpipe than the ambient air!)
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Old Nov 12, 2003 | 04:43 PM
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the best i have seen was 620km's highway per 60L and 580km's city per 60L. I hope once the microtech get proffessionallly tunned it will reach better numbers!
Oh and by the way Metric is what the Entire World is using minus our southerly neighbours... just a thaught!

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