Best gas mileage ever
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Best gas mileage ever
I just got my best ever gas mileage.
147 miles on 5.6 gallons of gas with 1.5 ounces TCW-3 per gallon. This got me a total of 26.25 MPG with 8 miles being on Interstate and 22 miles in city per day!
I was getting around 18 MPG with 1 ounce of oil..I added .5 more and got 8 mpg better.. This is on a 13B N/A, 142,000 miles
147 miles on 5.6 gallons of gas with 1.5 ounces TCW-3 per gallon. This got me a total of 26.25 MPG with 8 miles being on Interstate and 22 miles in city per day!
I was getting around 18 MPG with 1 ounce of oil..I added .5 more and got 8 mpg better.. This is on a 13B N/A, 142,000 miles
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I dont think the 2 cycle increased yoru gas mileage.. I think your driving may have..
and I still have yet to see a 7 in person that gets over 22mpg
my best was 18
and I still have yet to see a 7 in person that gets over 22mpg
my best was 18
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I usually get like 12 city becuase all the traffic here. But I have gotten 24mpg highway before with windows down, sunroof open. I have a street port, hybrid turbo, haltech, and Rev II exhaust.
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I noticed the S5 cars consistently are getting way more MPG than S4 cars. I am also seeing the Vert S5's are very high MPG..why is this? the Verts are the heaviest model out there... are you guys automatics?
Do you think there is a reason S5's get better MPG? Is it the AFM design?
Do you think there is a reason S5's get better MPG? Is it the AFM design?
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On my 88 TII, with Rtek 1.7, 720cc secondaries, RB NONTURBO catback, Magnaflow highflow cat, stock DP, AEM Filter w/"cold" air box. I got 26.8MPG on the highway, a 368 mile trip with hills going between 60-75MPH.
Since I had the engine rebuilt and street ported by Kevin Landers, I haven't been on any highway trips. But around town, back and forth to work 19 miles each way, I get 22MPG if I can avoid boost. And this is with REGULAR gas, since I'm only running stock boost.
I figure that I'm doing good with this considering the original EPA ratings from www.fueleconomy.gov are:
City 17MPG
HWY 23MPG
In any case, I have replaced the 7 as my daily driver with a $500 beater Festiva that gets 44MPG Now I can finally keep some miles off the RX-7.
Vince
Since I had the engine rebuilt and street ported by Kevin Landers, I haven't been on any highway trips. But around town, back and forth to work 19 miles each way, I get 22MPG if I can avoid boost. And this is with REGULAR gas, since I'm only running stock boost.
I figure that I'm doing good with this considering the original EPA ratings from www.fueleconomy.gov are:
City 17MPG
HWY 23MPG
In any case, I have replaced the 7 as my daily driver with a $500 beater Festiva that gets 44MPG Now I can finally keep some miles off the RX-7.
Vince
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really?
when i did my X country trip a few weeks ago i was able to get 27 mile to the gallon, that could have been due to my 68 mph speed being held for 4 hours at a time tho...
when i did my X country trip a few weeks ago i was able to get 27 mile to the gallon, that could have been due to my 68 mph speed being held for 4 hours at a time tho...
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damn cant seem to get more than 19 no boosting/granny shifting but mostly city stop and go all day long.never get out of 4th.it was about 14 with old tired engine so i happier.
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I noticed the S5 cars consistently are getting way more MPG than S4 cars. I am also seeing the Vert S5's are very high MPG..why is this? the Verts are the heaviest model out there... are you guys automatics?
Do you think there is a reason S5's get better MPG? Is it the AFM design?
Do you think there is a reason S5's get better MPG? Is it the AFM design?
higher compression ratio = better engine efficiency = better MPG
Ideally a high compression turbo motor would yield you best MPG if you could stay off the boost when it wasn't needed.
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my '88 n/a gets 17mpg when i drive it fast, and thats pretty much all the time. By the looks of what you guys are doing under normal driving conditions id say thats pretyy good.
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I always got the best gas millage with half tanks. 180-200 miles on 8 gallons of fuel worked for me every time. If I filled the car I would only get about 300 miles or so.
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I got 45 mpg the other week when I towed the RX7 on a trailer for 160 miles, using my trusty Peugeot 306 turbo Diesel.
I can get over 3 times the distance on the same amount of fuel normally using the PUG over the RX7. I'm thinking LPG could be the way forward with the RX7 with fuel prices over here.
I can get over 3 times the distance on the same amount of fuel normally using the PUG over the RX7. I'm thinking LPG could be the way forward with the RX7 with fuel prices over here.