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LOLVTEC
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Joined: Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:35 pm Posts: 815
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MPG
I dont know if theres a thread about MPG already but i wanted to see if my mpg is normal or bad.
I filled it up on saturday at the meet spot. today it finally went on empty and i got 268 miles on a full.tank. Half tank went to from the meet spot to Dana point and daina point home. That was roughly 90 miles. The rest of the miles came from driving to work and errands.
Mods: 1000cc Dual 255 18 psi Built bottom stock head FP Frank 5 speed density 225 45 17 perelli tires
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_________________ 1990 tsi (Fwd) almost built 1991 tsi (awd auto) bone stock. dd when i get it to run 1991 tsi awd (stock) future build
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 6:57 pm |
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bras_33
Senior Member
Joined: Wed May 23, 2007 9:36 am Posts: 2746 Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Re: MPG
someone asked the same question butt forgot who...i get 300-320 on a full tank butt i am stock. thats 80% freeway driving...although i did do 370 once on just freeway alone, granny shifting and not double clutching like i should...
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:33 pm |
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LOLVTEC
Senior Member
Joined: Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:35 pm Posts: 815
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Re: MPG
Ok well that's reassuring. I smashed 50% percent on this full tank. I'll fill it up again, and drive regular. My goal is to get as much mileage on a full tank.
Must resist flooring it when a Honda goes next to me and does a walk by lmao.
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_________________ 1990 tsi (Fwd) almost built 1991 tsi (awd auto) bone stock. dd when i get it to run 1991 tsi awd (stock) future build
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Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:55 pm |
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red92tsi
DSM Regular
Joined: Tue May 22, 2007 7:05 pm Posts: 98 Location: LA, CA
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Re: MPG
Wow, that sounds awesome! If I get 220 miles out of a tank I call it a lucky one. It is a '91 awd and is mostly stock that I 'm driving every day. I noticed that it consumes considerably more gas on a colder day or at night. It is not the first DSM in my posession that has this trend.
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Thu Sep 13, 2012 2:47 am |
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Black_gst
Death to Head Gaskets!
Joined: Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:38 am Posts: 1979
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Re: MPG
on 91 i used to get on average 19mpg +/- 1... longer trips with mostly freeway would net better gas mileage and that was on my old 20g now on E85 im lucky to see 15mpg usually its more like 12 mpg lol
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Thu Sep 13, 2012 6:11 am |
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SOADweskey
No More 2.3L
Joined: Tue May 22, 2007 7:36 pm Posts: 4412 Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Re: MPG
How many gallons are you talking about when you say a full tank? I know in my car the low fuel light comes on and it takes 12 gallons to fill it, but a real full tank is 16 gallons according to my owners manual.
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Thu Sep 13, 2012 6:37 am |
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LOLVTEC
Senior Member
Joined: Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:35 pm Posts: 815
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Re: MPG
12 gallons.
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_________________ 1990 tsi (Fwd) almost built 1991 tsi (awd auto) bone stock. dd when i get it to run 1991 tsi awd (stock) future build
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Thu Sep 13, 2012 7:08 am |
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-red97rum-
Senior Member
Joined: Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:57 am Posts: 1077 Location: Ontario, CA [IE]
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Re: MPG
I usually get 140-160 miles to a tank.. of e85 I'm beating on the car almost every time I drive it though. I remember getting close to 250-260ish on my 16g with 650's, a walbro 255. I'd say your mileage is pretty damn good.
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Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:47 pm |
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awdmonster
frank the tank
Joined: Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:38 pm Posts: 2377 Location: At the stripclub in Ontario!
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Re: MPG
I get 150 to a full tank 10 mpg e85. Driving like a mad man
2 fuel pumps 1600cc Drag radials
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Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:11 pm |
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ghetto_bird
The Don!
Joined: Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:18 pm Posts: 1113 Location: south el monte
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Re: MPG
I filled up at the Arco I front of the Luxor in Vegas. Drove back to LA and still had a little less then half a tank pulling into ontario. I only did 3 pulls on the way from the Arco to state line. I have my fuel trims dialed in legit and I leaned out my idle and cruise 14.8 and 14.7 and sometimes see a 14.9. And I was costing the down hills.
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Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:22 pm |
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CaptainTonus
Post Master
Joined: Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:25 pm Posts: 529 Location: San Diego, CA.
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Re: MPG
My car will do around 220 miles to 12 gallons. Not great, but not awful considering what's all done to it. I'm sure if we spent some time tuning it on the freeway, it would get even better. I'm running 1,000cc injectors and a megasquirt EMS.
I miss my Turbo Mirage. That thing was a gas mileage BEAST. I got 33mpg on an entire tank once. Being FWD and lighter definitely helps. The car had 660cc injectors, walbro 190, and an un-hacked 1g MAF on the stock 1.6L ECU. I used an S'AFC and a wideband for tuning. I also put a 1g FWD turbo transmission on it with an AWD 5th gear for even lower cruising RPM's. It was at like 3,000rpm at 75mph or something.
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Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:55 am |
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LOLVTEC
Senior Member
Joined: Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:35 pm Posts: 815
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Re: MPG
well i thought my mpg was bad but from reading the mpg you guys get i'd say im getting pretty good mileage then. i put 6 gallons and got 150 miles, but 90 percent fwy miles. i'll fill it up today and drive the car how it should be driven and see how much mpg i get.
_________________ 1990 tsi (Fwd) almost built 1991 tsi (awd auto) bone stock. dd when i get it to run 1991 tsi awd (stock) future build
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Sun Sep 16, 2012 4:40 pm |
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turboawdfanatic
Moderator
Joined: Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:39 pm Posts: 3013 Location: La Habra
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MPG
I get about the same as Tonus. I'm a lead foot though...every on ramp and off ramp becomes a road course corner when I'm driving my Talon. Plus I have more displacement. I want to take it on a road trip sometime to see what my real hwy mpg is.
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Sun Sep 30, 2012 3:08 am |
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