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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 02:36 PM
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"i get bout 180-220 mpg without pushing the car"

Wow... pushing the car is the only way I could ever get that mileage...
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by wstrohm
"i get bout 180-220 mpg without pushing the car"

Wow... pushing the car is the only way I could ever get that mileage...
I hope you were joking and realised his typo, because he probably was referring to going 180-220 MILES before filling up, not MPG :P
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 04:34 PM
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Well count yourselves lucky, I've hit 210 on 18Gal after I got it tuned, once...
And in the City I'm lucky if I break 130mi / 18 Gal...

FD = Average to Below average for the power it delivers.
Modded FD = Gas Collander.... just a stopgap to the exhaust.
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 04:40 PM
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I used to get 250 miles on a full tank mostly highway before it died.
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Old Jun 4, 2005 | 02:18 AM
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I guess I'm the first to get lucky enough to get 9-10 MPG...

I don't know why, but lately I've been getting really bad gas mileage. I get like 155-160 miles to a full tank of gas...
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Old Jun 4, 2005 | 02:38 AM
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i'm all stock and i just hit the best i've ever gotten. 310 on a tank and i still have gas left! just waiting till that light comes on and i have 18 gal to put in it.
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Old Jun 4, 2005 | 03:02 AM
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The range of mileage numbers different people get always amazes me.

I just got 11 MPG on my last tank of mostly city driving and not pushing it much. I also recently did a careful highway mileage test and got 22 MPG. Track days used to get 5-6 MPG, but it will probably be less now since I am running larger injectors.

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Old Jun 4, 2005 | 11:57 AM
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I get about 14 mpg if I only drive in the city, but city driving can mean a lot of things, it really depends on how much traffic there is. Obviously if you sit around idling in traffic all day you won't get good mileage. I recently made a trip from LA to Santa Cruz, one tank each way, got over 400 miles per tank! I calulated, 23mpg both ways, new personal record. I think a downpipe actually nets 1-2mpg.
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Old Jun 4, 2005 | 11:57 AM
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mine's stock and i get on average 18~20 mpg. but my tank has been replaced by the previous owner and i suspect it's not the same size as the stock tank 'cuz even when the gauge needle's real low a fillup is only about 15~16 gallons

18~20 ain't too bad for a serious sports car methinks
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 10:31 PM
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I get 14 mpg on a stock 94 fd
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by FD_dave
but my tank has been replaced by the previous owner and i suspect it's not the same size as the stock tank 'cuz even when the gauge needle's real low a fillup is only about 15~16 gallons
Different people have different opinions about what "low" means, but 15-16 gallons is about what fits in the stock tank on a fill-up. If the light comes on, I can put about 16.5 gallons in mine.

-Max
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