huge fuel miles improvement 8mpg city to 15mpg city
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huge fuel miles improvement 8mpg city to 15mpg city
well when i got my fc on the road the fuel miledge waz approx 8mpg.. after reading the fsm for a night and fixing my vac leak i started my attempts to get the fuel miles better what i did waz
Adjust timing
Adjust TPS
Test AFM to make shure its in spec
installed a Cat
installed a air pump that runs directly to the cat
fixed ALL vac leaks
new o2 sensor
adjusted that lean rich idle adjuster thnig
i did all that, then went to the fuel and calcated the fuel miles and got 15mpg city
now since im on my permit and i cant drive without anyone, i do alot of driving in the driveway and idling, so i figure if i dident do that i would prob be in the 17-18 mpg range??? but i figured ide pass it around mabe it can help somone else get there fuel miledge up becasue i know how much 8mpg sucks
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p.s approx 300 miles on rebuild running STRONGGGG
Adjust timing
Adjust TPS
Test AFM to make shure its in spec
installed a Cat
installed a air pump that runs directly to the cat
fixed ALL vac leaks
new o2 sensor
adjusted that lean rich idle adjuster thnig
i did all that, then went to the fuel and calcated the fuel miles and got 15mpg city
now since im on my permit and i cant drive without anyone, i do alot of driving in the driveway and idling, so i figure if i dident do that i would prob be in the 17-18 mpg range??? but i figured ide pass it around mabe it can help somone else get there fuel miledge up becasue i know how much 8mpg sucks
peacee
Dustin
p.s approx 300 miles on rebuild running STRONGGGG
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Originally Posted by SmogSUX
I get 9 mpg...I think it may be the o2 sensor, but I can't justify paying over $200 for it. (Mazda Trix)
-And hopefully with my standalone the o2 sensor won't do ****.
-And hopefully with my standalone the o2 sensor won't do ****.
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Originally Posted by SmogSUX
I get 9 mpg...I think it may be the o2 sensor, but I can't justify paying over $200 for it. (Mazda Trix)
-And hopefully with my standalone the o2 sensor won't do ****.
-And hopefully with my standalone the o2 sensor won't do ****.
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I'm actually surprised that those changes would result in an improvement for a car getting 8mpg. 9mpg is also bad. That's not normal, you need to look into that.
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Originally Posted by Snrub
I'm actually surprised that those changes would result in an improvement for a car getting 8mpg. 9mpg is also bad. That's not normal, you need to look into that.
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Once you drive it more, and start learning the car better and it's powerband, as long as you don't baby it and drive like a sissy it should go up quite a bit.
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Originally Posted by dDuB
O2 sensor doesn't make much of a difference IMO. I've had mine fried and unhooked for about 3 or 4 months now and I still get 18mpg full city driving.
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