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Old May 3, 2006 | 11:41 AM
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What is everyone getting for gas milage?

Just a question.
I put in 48$ thursday and i went to get gas today, complaining about my gas mileage i decide to check my milage and mpg.
i drove 330 miles since thursday ( i drive a lot on the weekends)
and i got 16.5 gallons of gas thursday (GAS PRICES SUCK)

i went out friday and cruised for a couple hours,
saturday i upped the boost to 12 psi and went out and raced for a couple hours.

the rest has been me keeping my rpms low and at 9 psi

20 mpg, not to shabby.

if gas was 2$ a gallon i would like it more
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Old May 3, 2006 | 12:03 PM
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im getting 11mpg, exhaust intake downpipe and 11psi. This is on easy driving, if i really get into it i get around 7-8mpg. I think i need to change my fuel filter.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 12:28 PM
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wait FD's get MPG!?!?
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Old May 3, 2006 | 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by bheiman
Just a question.
I put in 48$ thursday and i went to get gas today, complaining about my gas mileage i decide to check my milage and mpg.
i drove 330 miles since thursday ( i drive a lot on the weekends)
and i got 16.5 gallons of gas thursday (GAS PRICES SUCK)

i went out friday and cruised for a couple hours,
saturday i upped the boost to 12 psi and went out and raced for a couple hours.

the rest has been me keeping my rpms low and at 9 psi

20 mpg, not to shabby.

if gas was 2$ a gallon i would like it more
Should try staying over here - equivalent to $135 for a tank at the moment, and heading in the wrong direction.

As mpg is different on this side of the water I'll stick to tanks - on long runs off boost I've been seeing around 350miles to a tank (full until the light comes on) recently, under mixed driving around 250, on track it's well below 100 miles from a tank.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 01:07 PM
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I have 1200cc injectors and the supra fuel pump, put down a bit over 300rwhp, run 12.8@110 and get 15mpg pretty consistently. 13 to 18 is the range.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 01:46 PM
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Typically I see about 21 on the freeway 16-17 city. mods below
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Old May 3, 2006 | 01:56 PM
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I see around 25 mpg combined highway/city.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 02:17 PM
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Wow, nice drunken. I don't get that in any car I own
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Old May 3, 2006 | 02:40 PM
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I have seen 25mpg on the freeway, but never in the city. Drops down to about 16mpg. Mods below
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Old May 3, 2006 | 02:41 PM
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Who cares... just keep adding fuel. Buy a Honda if you want to get goom mpg. I average under 20 in the city and over 20 hyw
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Old May 3, 2006 | 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by seanbrowning
Wow, nice drunken. I don't get that in any car I own
I've got a DD civic that gets 35-40 mpg. 25 mpg comes from a rebuilt motor, new fuel filter, plugs and wires, non-sequential and no boosting, tuning, and mostly highway miles.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 03:30 PM
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13 mpg here.. running rich and could probably lean it off a bit though
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Old May 3, 2006 | 04:16 PM
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i thought 20 mpg was good with what i have done

4.77 gears, 255 fp, 3inch, fmic, non sequential, boost controller

i cruise on the highway at 60 mph at 3000 rpms
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Old May 3, 2006 | 04:51 PM
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I have seen 27mpg highway and I can easily get into the single digits when dirving hard.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 05:07 PM
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I did 10 mpg last week and it sucks. That was gettig on it pretty hard in city driving. Comlpetely stock exept for downpipe and K&N drop in.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 05:16 PM
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New engine is only getting about 11 mpg. Old engine got around 17. You've gotta pay for power....lol!
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Old May 3, 2006 | 05:24 PM
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As is usual with these threads (of which there are too many already), I call into serious question some of these mpg figures.

Several times before, it was determined that people were claiming 20 mpg by hitting 200 miles on their trip ODO by 1/2 a tank (as indicated by the fuel gauge).
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Old May 3, 2006 | 05:25 PM
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8-10 mpg city, 12-14 hwy

HP isn't cheap!
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Old May 3, 2006 | 05:31 PM
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before the new fuel setup, i was getting 12 city/16 hwy, now i could only imagine what it would be maybe 10 and 13.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 08:48 PM
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well they were rated 17mpg city 25 highway. on stock setup i found the sticker from when my dad bought the car. and a bunch of other stuff. to bad jim marshes rotary field went down the drain .
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Old May 3, 2006 | 11:20 PM
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Just checked mine by the odo-meter and 2 fill-ups - back and forth to work (mostly freeway - no traffic - no racing) 20mpg on the nose. The best I've ever got was about 23.
On a track day, averaged about 8!
I've got all the bolt-ons, boost controler set @ 11.5, pfc with base/mod map. and the wideband is at 11.8 under full boost.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 11:27 PM
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pitiful in town.
good(ish) on the open road.

too much fun to care... i only worry about compression, not the fuel that i use to have it.
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Old May 4, 2006 | 01:11 AM
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Originally Posted by rynberg
As is usual with these threads (of which there are too many already), I call into serious question some of these mpg figures.

Several times before, it was determined that people were claiming 20 mpg by hitting 200 miles on their trip ODO by 1/2 a tank (as indicated by the fuel gauge).

Yea I definitely did not do that......lol
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Old May 4, 2006 | 02:08 AM
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jesus, $2 a gallon?! we pay like $9 a gallon in the UK for ***** sake! STOP MOANING
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Old May 4, 2006 | 02:13 AM
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I just bought my FD in November and finished the rebuild in January. Here are the fuel economy numbers for EVERY tank from breakin to now. There is a direct correlation between efficiency going down and getting more boost

Tank 0 19.00 mpg No boost, new engine
Tank 1 16.98 mpg
Tank 2 16.28 mpg
Tank 3 14.16 mpg
Tank 4 15.34 mpg
Tank 5 16.58 mpg
Tank 6 12.91 mpg Breakin complete... full 10psi boost!
Tank 7 12.60 mpg

Average 15.48 mpg
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