Wilson13B

Hi guys....i am a newbie....i planning to buy a FC3S for daily drive and some vroom-vroom.....

Any problem with this car.....how about the Fuel Consumption,a full tank can let me travel how far

If i going to look one....what should i check for?

Thanks

funkjaw

iTrader: (3)

You will get about 15-18mpg so about 200-250 miles per tank. So yeah fuel consumption absolutely blows donkey *****. TIIs are generally more problematic than NAs.

DarrenTRS

iTrader: (1)

Here's a good write up by Aaron Cake about what to look for when buying an n/a FC:
http://www.aaroncake.net/RX-7/buy1.htm

OtteWell_Ranger

check out the link that DarrenTRS put up......i went through it before I bought my TII, useful info.

gas mileage

Wilson13B

Thanks for the reply guys

250miles=400Km is sound quite resonable for me as this is a sports car.....

The Turbo II have any problem.....if yes,what it is?

MichaelBrown

I heard ways of helping your MPG with spark plugs, check it out. its a sticky somewhere around here.

TX_RX

I have once managed about 25mpg on highway. However, it should be noted that I tend to be very calm on long range highway trips, and I almost always beat the EPA estimate on such road trips. I fail miserably though in city where I tend to get a little more aggressive.

Wilson13B

How did u do that....keeping it below 2000Rpm?

Aaron Cake

iTrader: (1)

Getting 25 MPG on the highway is not really that hard if the car is in good shape.

TX_RX

Obey the speed limit as much as possible, keep with the flow of traffic in the right lane. Those are be mutually exclusive, but if you keep in the right hand lane you will probably travel close to the speed limit. Above all, changes in speed are where you burn the most fuel so keeping a near constant speed is crucial.

It's not easy to do, but I find I can manage it pretty well if I keep a calm head and watch the road far ahead and plan things out.

Then when I hit the city I have a bad habit of throwing all that out the window and doing jack rabbit starts at the lights and taking corners abit faster than is wise. The mileage just crashes in the city.