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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 06:25 PM
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Question How many miles can you get with full tank of gas?

How many miles in avg. do you get with full tank of gas on FD?

My FD gets 250miles with full tank. (Reg. driving)
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 06:32 PM
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I usually get about 300 miles, but I've gotten 320 before with almost all highway driving, no boosting

My PS and AC have also been removed.

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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 06:32 PM
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220-230ish w/ full tank (Spirited Driving)
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 06:36 PM
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300~ no boosting on the freeway to visit my brother 200miles away.

otherwise with a mix of city and freeway with hard boost, I get 220 - 250.
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 06:42 PM
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300-330 normal/spirited driving
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 06:45 PM
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If you drive on the freeway at 60 mph in a stock FD, you should be able to get about 25 mpg. With a fuel tank of slightly over 20 gallons, you theoretically could go over 500 miles before running out of gas. I doubt that anyone has ever done it
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 06:47 PM
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I didn't even know 300miles with full tank was possible on FD.
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 06:50 PM
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With my old G-Force ECU, on the interstate I would consistently get better than 23mpg. I could get over 400 on a tank. And that was with all the bolt-ons.
Now that I have a pfc, it has gone down to about 20mpg on the highway.
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 06:51 PM
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I've gotten as much as 320 miles on a full tank with normal driving in a friends '93.
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 06:59 PM
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200-250 miles.

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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 07:01 PM
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only about 200!
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 07:02 PM
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^ that's more like it. Other guys with 300miles and above must be running only with 1 rotor with 0psi of boost!...or with broken ODO meter...lol
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 07:03 PM
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about 330 on full tank, all highway driving. City daily driving yields a little over 200.
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 07:38 PM
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Strictly highway driving I get pretty close to 400 miles. (guessing some because I always fill it at 1/4 full)

Spirited driving: a whole lot less
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 07:41 PM
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200 if im city driving..300 if strictly freway.
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 07:43 PM
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i think around 300ish on the highway averaging 80mph
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 08:50 PM
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https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/how-can-i-get-30mpg-higher-fd-371660/
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 09:02 PM
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With my Airpump on the fritz, and the car running horribly rich, and the O2 Sensor disconnected.... I get 160 - 170 Miles in the city before the Gas Light Comes on....
I hope to do better, with a properly tuned single....

BTW, that's all city, Red Light to Red Light Driving, and Only Once or twice to I get significantly above 0 psi

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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 09:27 PM
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 09:35 PM
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Before my rebuild, and a compltetly stock motor with 147,000 mi on it, i was consistantly getting 120's. Nothign better, nothing worse, no matter how I drove.

Well see how it goes when I get everything back together...
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 10:05 PM
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around 200 on a full tank. it's an fd; it gulps gas.
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 10:20 PM
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I get around 250-300 because I drive every tank about half freeway and half city, probably a little more freeway though. I recently drove to Atlanta from Nashville (250 Mile trip) and dit it on one tank with a little left over, so about 320 if all freeway
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by papsmagu
only about 200!

Finally! I thought I was the only one to get 10MPG
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 10:28 PM
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When my car was running properly I could get 380 freeway miles on a single tank, or about 22.5 mpg (summertime, WI gas)

Normal mix of city/highway I get about 15-17, and on the track I get 6-8 mpg (or less.)
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 10:32 PM
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310 miles to 15 gallons all done on the highway at 100mph.
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