tubby vs na fuel econnomy

[StevenstonWullie]

i get about 35mpg on my rev3 tubby if im easy on the boost

[Extubby]

Quite often get circa 350 miles from a tank. Filled to the brim to light on constant.

[tiny big]

I get an average of 290-300 miles per tankfull on my n/a 3s-fe motor with mixed driving on a day to day basis and do not drive like a vicar/nurse probably due to the low bhp engine I presume the higher output motors drink a bit more or just get driven harder for more fun

[marc GT Turbo]

ive just gone from n/a to turbo . and the tubby driven off boost is more or less the same as the n/a was on the motorway ! round town is more or less the same ! its when you hit boost ! the smiles per mile kick in

[kevinTurboFR]

when i was coming back to france, i made 3x 330/335 miles per tank, only apexi filter, bailey bov and bigger IC.. at 1.2b, i was happy if i done 220/230 miles!

maybe it ll change, i fit a mine's ecu, and a new greddy rs.

but with my previous N/A no more similar thing than the look...

[JeffD]

Doing the same journey which is around 200 miles mostly motorway and not trying to drive particularly economically i get 37mpg in my N/A auto and 29mpg in the turbo. 29/37 = 0.78 so roughly thers a 1/4 saving by using N/A.

Ive done above based on a lot of journeys where ive filled up at start and re-filled up at end so I treckon its pretty accurate. If your fuel economy is poor yiu need to get your car serviced - these folks saying I only get 20mpg etc have got something wrong with their car! LOL

[RobCrezz]

If your fuel economy is poor yiu need to get your car serviced - these folks saying I only get 20mpg etc have got something wrong with their car! LOL

Or just running more boost...

[JeffD]

not trying to drive particularly economically

This is with some boosting!!! I can get 40mpg out the N/A driving carefully and around 35-37mpg out the turbo with "gentle" boosting.

If it helps the turbo has new genuine Toyota ignition leads, dizzy, rotor, lambda sensor, NGK plugs combined with an Apexi filter, decat and Departure non pro exhaust, uprated intercooler and Blitz EBC so no slouch with the mods. Honestly get your cars serviced!!! Too many people fit loads of mods without taking care of the basics which would most prob improve performance more than the hundreds of pounds theyve spent on aftermarket parts.

[Tiny]

not trying to drive particularly economically

This is with some boosting!!! I can get 40mpg out the N/A driving carefully and around 35-37mpg out the turbo with "gentle" boosting.

If it helps the turbo has new genuine Toyota ignition leads, dizzy, rotor, lambda sensor, NGK plugs combined with an Apexi filter, decat and Departure non pro exhaust, uprated intercooler and Blitz EBC so no slouch with the mods. Honestly get your cars serviced!!! Too many people fit loads of mods without taking care of the basics which would most prob improve performance more than the hundreds of pounds theyve spent on aftermarket parts.

+1 Seriously if you do not know when your ignition components were last changed go and replace them you can get the dizzy cap, leads, arm and plugs for under £100 and the Lambda sensor is about £60 online then just the the nuts and gasket from toyota circa £10 for less than £200 you may gain 10mpg and kill a few flatspots in your acceleration.

[Extubby]

Just filled up after 368 miles. There was not much left in the tank mind!

[dawolf]

Driving both moderately hard, from my past experience:

N/A - Around 280 miles to a tank. Not that great when you think it only has 160bhp. You have to rev it high to get the power.

Turbo - Around 220 miles to a tank. Pretty good when you consider it has 240bhp. The thing with the turbo is you can change gear at 4000rpm and it still feels pretty damn quick.

I can honestly say it was definitely worth sacrificing 60 miles per tank due to the extra fun factor of the turbo.

Even the Honda S2000 is about the same as the turbo and it isn't quite as fast (in a straight line anyway).

[JJ]

I get around 220 miles.. but I've set mine up to run rich... and its 500 bhp worth !!

I could finish a tank in about 150 miles of hard driving ! Which isn't bad when you see the performance of it

[Goto10]

I've managed 306 miles and still have 1/8th of a tank left - this was solely motorway cruising using no boost at all - they can be almost frugal