TB Mod equates to poor gas mileage?
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TB Mod equates to poor gas mileage?
I did the TB Mod along with removing my Cat.
Currently, my fuel Mileage Is poor. I barely reached 300kms/ per fill up. Where as before I got about 360kms. Mind you that Is city driving.
Does the TB Mod cause poor fuel economy? Or/and the removal of my Cat had a part In It aswell? Or Is their another underlying cause to my crappy fuel economy?
Currently, my fuel Mileage Is poor. I barely reached 300kms/ per fill up. Where as before I got about 360kms. Mind you that Is city driving.
Does the TB Mod cause poor fuel economy? Or/and the removal of my Cat had a part In It aswell? Or Is their another underlying cause to my crappy fuel economy?
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If the primary and secondary throttle plates do not open in sequence to spec, you will see a reduction in fuel economy because the plates you removed would have masked the maladjustment a little bit. So pull that TB off and check the adjustment as per a factory service manual or another source of OEM data.
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Originally posted by silverrotor
Hmm...What about the Cat removal?
Hmm...What about the Cat removal?
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The TB mod should have NO impact on fuel economy, same goes for removing the cats.
Matter of fact, on my car when I was breaking in the last motor many moons ago, with lotsa mods, TB mod, full exhaust, etc. I got exactly 16 mpg in city driving - just what Mazda said the car is supposed to get. Of course, romping on it makes the gas mileage go down on a TurboII when you're firehosing fuel in there to go with the boost .
I would check the usual culprits - O2 sensor and water temp sender.
Dale
Matter of fact, on my car when I was breaking in the last motor many moons ago, with lotsa mods, TB mod, full exhaust, etc. I got exactly 16 mpg in city driving - just what Mazda said the car is supposed to get. Of course, romping on it makes the gas mileage go down on a TurboII when you're firehosing fuel in there to go with the boost .
I would check the usual culprits - O2 sensor and water temp sender.
Dale
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Ive done the TB mod and havent noticed a drastic change in gas mileage. I get about 330 miles on a full tank of fuel on the freeway and about 250ish street driving.
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