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Old Nov 19, 2007 | 10:52 PM
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Talking How much MPG is your beast getting?

I got on average around 18.75mpg..

A little more highway time than city.. what's everyone else getting out of their beautiful 3rd gens?

I wonder if this a good average for a Rx7?
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Old Nov 19, 2007 | 11:00 PM
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i pull around 14 to 15.

310 rwhp with all supporting mods but stock turbos at 12 psi
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Old Nov 19, 2007 | 11:03 PM
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my mostly stock FD gets 25 on the highway, about 13 around town tho. big gap.
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Old Nov 19, 2007 | 11:46 PM
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I havent tried calculating mine, if i had to guess i would say about 25 but my friend has a 2000model RS which is getting around 35 miles per gallon, which impresses me.
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 12:14 AM
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Depends on my right foot and how much desire I've got to "open it up". Just cruizing, I'll say about 18 mpg. Was getting better mileage with open straight through 4 inch exhaust, but had to switch to 3 inch.

Installed rebuilt engine and was overboosting in excess of 16 lbs. Mostly stock, no cat, 3 inch downpipe, mid range intercooler, 12.3 lbs alumumin street lite flywheel, ATC dual friction clutch, twin turbo, carbon fiber hood.

Don't have picture, but original brillant red color, R2 black cotton seats, short shifter 5 speed, coolant fans are by passed manual. FD's are like agile ballet female dancers with a mean knock out back kick when needed!
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 12:38 AM
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 10:35 AM
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Highway - 28
City - 18-20 or so
Spirited driving - single digits

I feel like calling BS on the guy getting 35mpg in an FD. lol I think I could have done 30mpg if I was driving on a completely flat highway without touching boost at all.

My setup: full bolt-ons w/ stock seq. twins.
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 10:39 AM
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(intakes, downpipe)

Highway- 26mpg
City- 13mpg
WOT- 3mpg
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 11:04 AM
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I don't wanna talk about it
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 11:09 AM
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Good Answer
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 01:49 PM
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heres a question, how many miles do you get when you hit the 1/2 mark? i get about 150-160
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 01:55 PM
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16-19 around town (includes some freeway)
22-26 highway (65-80 mph)
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 02:00 PM
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i get 4 mpg on the track

and my average is 14mpg

best i have ever gottin in 19 mpg lol
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 02:31 PM
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Before my rebuild I was getting anywhere from 15-17 city, 22-23 hw. At that point I made 330 rwhp and 286 rwtq. Since the rebuild I've been taking it pretty easy, and averaging 21 mpg combined city/hw. I should be around 350-360 rwhp now with the street port/new tune, but won't know until I make it back down to the dyno.
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 02:37 PM
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Driving almost all highway, but varying speeds a lot, getting about 20-22mpg, I don't think full throttle onto the freeway twice a day was helping though... Now driving to the train station that is 3 miles from my house, I am barely getting 10mpg. In the hills around me I seem to get 12-14mpg.
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 03:25 PM
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I have an REW in my FC, and I get about 24-26 MPG steady highway, and 16-18 in the city.
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 04:07 PM
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I average around 17mpg...
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 05:31 PM
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16/18mpg
10-12 when driving with spirit ;p
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 05:35 PM
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i get about 245 miles to a full tank
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 05:36 PM
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i get 10-13 mpg in town i get about 220 miles on a tank
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 05:58 PM
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I put 20 dollars which put me slightly above 1/2 tank.

Im now slightly below half tank and i put about 50-60 miles on it.

Alot of which is warming up since i dont drive the car much, but when i do, it involves highway mainly.
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 07:19 PM
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with my current car & tune i get ~13 MPG in mixed driving

previous mostly stock FD, i would get around 20 MPG in mixed driving
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 09:32 PM
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The last time I checked I got 300 miles out of a full tank. These miles were mostly highway miles.
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 09:46 PM
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yeah i think that im getting 15/18
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 11:14 PM
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better try and get a lighter foot because gas seems to be going up again for the holidays
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