161 miles / tank?
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161 miles / tank?
is that bad? Fuel light -> Full -> Fuel light, 161.4 miles. Isnt the stock tank size like 16 gallons? so im getting 10mpg? This is mostly city driving with a little highway here and there, not very hard driving.
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Do like they say, set your trip odometer to '0' at the next fill up. Then next time you fill up see how many gallons you put in. and look and see what the odometer now shows. Take your mileage on the trip odometer and divide by the number of gallons and that will give you mpg. 10mpg is horrible. I get 21 in the city.
You shouldn't run until the Fuel light comes on. Your entire fuel pump needs to be submerged in gas for cooling. Im not sure if you go below the Fuel light it will be submerged.
You shouldn't run until the Fuel light comes on. Your entire fuel pump needs to be submerged in gas for cooling. Im not sure if you go below the Fuel light it will be submerged.
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Originally Posted by JoshRX7
you need to look at how many gallons you pumped back IN to the car. I know my gauge likes to fall off quick but around 1/4 I have about 6 gallons left in the tank... so, there ya go.
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when my guage is on empty (and the gas light comes on under cornering) i usually have to fill 12 gallons up
only get about 150-170 miles, too
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Originally Posted by JeffForSale!
you mean that isnt normal?
when my guage is on empty (and the gas light comes on under cornering) i usually have to fill 12 gallons up
only get about 150-170 miles, too![Squint](https://www.rx7club.com/images/smilies/squint.gif)
when my guage is on empty (and the gas light comes on under cornering) i usually have to fill 12 gallons up
only get about 150-170 miles, too
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I used to get really good mileage with my auto. SE, around 26 city, and 28 highway. Im not really sure how that worked out, but I wasn't complaining. My TII on the other hand was a gas *****, probably around 14 city.
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Originally Posted by cds00bsmg
I used to get really good mileage with my auto. SE, around 26 city, and 28 highway. Im not really sure how that worked out, but I wasn't complaining. My TII on the other hand was a gas *****, probably around 14 city.
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my car is carbed and oversized jets i believe not too sure brought the car as a challenge, and its a big one since i get 8 miles to the gallon... i ran 80 miles and felt like filling up... man, 9.8XX gallons i thought my needle was wrong.
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Originally Posted by JeffForSale!
you mean that isnt normal?
when my guage is on empty (and the gas light comes on under cornering) i usually have to fill 12 gallons up
only get about 150-170 miles, too![Squint](https://www.rx7club.com/images/smilies/squint.gif)
when my guage is on empty (and the gas light comes on under cornering) i usually have to fill 12 gallons up
only get about 150-170 miles, too
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i'll blow YOUR valve off
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Originally Posted by necromstr
d00ds he prolly uses that tornado thing they sell at autozone... you have seen it... it adds HP and fuel economy like a f'n magic bean or something.
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Take it easy, champ. Maybe you should stop talking for a while.
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im a newb to the whole rotary thing...i may still be ignorant about it but id like to learn....how can i make mine better? im getting crap mileage! i was used to getting 25-30mpg in my 240, now im getting roughly 12-15mpg in my N/A FC.
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stay out of boost and if you drive around the city youll get 15-17mpg just like me!!!!
but hey what do you expect your not driving a civic... heck your not even driving a v8 from the 2000s because even v8s these days get better mpg then our mid-eighties designed sports car
but hey what do you expect your not driving a civic... heck your not even driving a v8 from the 2000s because even v8s these days get better mpg then our mid-eighties designed sports car
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12 mpg city, 15 highway...damn upgraded turbos or something...my car was just tuned too
On my way to LA with a quick self tune my car got 16 mpg and was running rich...now I get 15 highway if I'm lucky and had it tuned
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12 mpg city, 15 highway...damn upgraded turbos or something...my car was just tuned too
On my way to LA with a quick self tune my car got 16 mpg and was running rich...now I get 15 highway if I'm lucky and had it tuned ![Frown](https://www.rx7club.com/images/smilies/frown.gif)
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