[Mk2] [NA] 42 mpg ! woo hoo !
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[Mk2] [NA] 42 mpg ! woo hoo !
Took a trip today from Coventry to Chesterfield to see the folks. Filled to the brim at Tesco with their 97 octane, drove there, M6- M69- M1 at a steady 70mph apart from approx. 7 miles at 50mph threw road works. Arrived, 75 miles later, with the gauge just under full. Did return trip and the gauge was just under 3/4. Back to Tesco and filled up again to the brim, took £18.00 or 15.80 litres. By my calculations of 16 (litres) divided by 4.5 (litres in a gallon) = 3.55 gallons. 150 (miles) divided 3.55 (gallons) = 42 mpg !!! WOO HOO !!!!!
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bloody ell ...
you looked at Hypermiling? That's what you should try! Google it!
you looked at Hypermiling? That's what you should try! Google it!
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That Hypermiling site is definitly different mate. Especially the " Run your car on water " bit !
I've seen alot of posts recently about poor mpg, so on my first run out of town i thought i would see what mine would do ? Well pleased i did now
cheers mate , Jayson.
I've seen alot of posts recently about poor mpg, so on my first run out of town i thought i would see what mine would do ? Well pleased i did now
cheers mate , Jayson.
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Yep, some of it's b0ll0x, but it's also worth a read, just to see the extent that some people go to, in order to get decent MPG!
3.4ltr V6 Turbo. Built by Woodsport. Controlled by Syvecs, mapped by Ryan. 420bhp @ 0.7bar from 2400rpm
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I once got 42mpg from my Rev3 Turbo once.
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wept! The most I ever had I think was 36mpg. I was driving VERY slowly. IIRC it was either heavy rain or snow on the motorway.
You must have been downhill, with tailwind, being towed by a car creating a huge slipstream...
You must have been downhill, with tailwind, being towed by a car creating a huge slipstream...
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L0rdMike wrote:I once got 42mpg from my Rev3 Turbo once.
You sir, are a liar!
42mpg from any NA 2.0 litre engine is awesome going. At best I can get 46mpg from my 1.4litre Civic.
I doubt a tubby could get 42mpg even if you did 45mph in 5th gear with a tail wind.
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Best of it is, i usually go to see the folks in my Vectra Diesel, for the economy. It does about 55 mpg at around 80 ish mph. Using the MR next time, bags more fun !!!
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MID LIFE CRISIS wrote:and the gauge was just under 3/4. Back to Tesco and filled up again to the brim, took £18.00 or 15.80 litres. By my calculations of 16 (litres) divided by 4.5 (litres in a gallon) = 3.55 gallons. 150 (miles) divided 3.55 (gallons) = 42 mpg !!! WOO HOO !!!!!
Sorry to disappoint, but doing that calculation on such a small amount of fuel used isn't going to wholly accurate, unless you literally have fuel dripping out of the filler pipe - even then you'd have to make sure you spill the same amount
Try these a greater distance (my NA, with Mongoose + Apexi filter around 6 months ago)...
47.86mpg
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Well done mate ! Can anyone beat that ? I doubt it
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The whole lot was done on a (painful indicated 60mph ) run from Wakefield (near Leeds) to Edinburgh and back. And pics taken during pitstop toilet breaks
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On a side note there mate, love the dials and the chrome rings. Very classy.
3.4ltr V6 Turbo. Built by Woodsport. Controlled by Syvecs, mapped by Ryan. 420bhp @ 0.7bar from 2400rpm
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MID LIFE CRISIS wrote:Took a trip today from Coventry to Chesterfield to see the folks. Filled to the brim at Tesco with their 97 octane, drove there, M6- M69- M1 at a steady 70mph apart from approx. 7 miles at 50mph threw road works. Arrived, 75 miles later, with the gauge just under full. Did return trip and the gauge was just under 3/4. Back to Tesco and filled up again to the brim, took £18.00 or 15.80 litres. By my calculations of 16 (litres) divided by 4.5 (litres in a gallon) = 3.55 gallons. 150 (miles) divided 3.55 (gallons) = 42 mpg !!! WOO HOO !!!!!
Well done that man only thing is tesco super stuff is 99 octane
Its freakin awesome as i pulled 32mpg from my tubby today with that but that was brimmed in darlington and red light just came on when i got into portsmouth that was a very sedate 2500rpm all the way back though was too tired to drive any faster though.
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Tiny wrote,
"Well done that man only thing is tesco super stuff is 99 octane"
No mate, was 97 octane. There was either 95 or 97, it was on the nozzle too.
Super Unleaded (97 octane) at £113.9 per litre. I think the 95 was £109.9 per litre.
Maybe i should have closed both windows and the sunroof for less drag too lol ! Abit too warm for that yesterday though
"Well done that man only thing is tesco super stuff is 99 octane"
No mate, was 97 octane. There was either 95 or 97, it was on the nozzle too.
Super Unleaded (97 octane) at £113.9 per litre. I think the 95 was £109.9 per litre.
Maybe i should have closed both windows and the sunroof for less drag too lol ! Abit too warm for that yesterday though
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One of my cars is an AX diesel, it will do 90mpg. If you look on wikipedia, someone one managed 105mpg in one. I use it for work as I get paid 40p per mile. Run it on veg oil as well - had to get a Bosch injector pump to do that though.
wikipedia quote
"This technology came from the PSA Peugeot-Citroën / Renault / French government ECO 2000 project. In 1989 a naturally aspirated diesel AX, using the 1360 cc all aluminium alloy TUD engine, managed a figure of 2.7 L/100 km (87 mpgU.S. / 105 mpgimp), totalling over 1,000 miles (1,609 km) from Dover to Barcelona. This was the longest ever distance travelled on 10 imp gal (45.5 L/12.0 US gal) of fuel and earned it a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the most economical production car."
wikipedia quote
"This technology came from the PSA Peugeot-Citroën / Renault / French government ECO 2000 project. In 1989 a naturally aspirated diesel AX, using the 1360 cc all aluminium alloy TUD engine, managed a figure of 2.7 L/100 km (87 mpgU.S. / 105 mpgimp), totalling over 1,000 miles (1,609 km) from Dover to Barcelona. This was the longest ever distance travelled on 10 imp gal (45.5 L/12.0 US gal) of fuel and earned it a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the most economical production car."
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mark239 wrote:One of my cars is an AX diesel, it will do 90mpg. If you look on wikipedia, someone one managed 105mpg in one. I use it for work as I get paid 40p per mile. Run it on veg oil as well - had to get a Bosch injector pump to do that though.
wikipedia quote
"This technology came from the PSA Peugeot-Citroën / Renault / French government ECO 2000 project. In 1989 a naturally aspirated diesel AX, using the 1360 cc all aluminium alloy TUD engine, managed a figure of 2.7 L/100 km (87 mpgU.S. / 105 mpgimp), totalling over 1,000 miles (1,609 km) from Dover to Barcelona. This was the longest ever distance travelled on 10 imp gal (45.5 L/12.0 US gal) of fuel and earned it a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the most economical production car."
Wow!
What other cars had this engine?
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JohnnyC wrote:47.86mpg
jesus
i only get 53 out of the rover diesel
(mostly dome at 70 on motorways)
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I never could work out hpw much MPG I get. I usually work on either a 20 quid note or a full tank.
I get 140 to 150 miles on a twenty. That sound about right for an N/A? I was getting 160 before the fuel crazyness.
I get 140 to 150 miles on a twenty. That sound about right for an N/A? I was getting 160 before the fuel crazyness.
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MID LIFE CRISIS wrote:Took a trip today from Coventry to Chesterfield to see the folks. Filled to the brim at Tesco with their 97 octane, drove there, M6- M69- M1 at a steady 70mph apart from approx. 7 miles at 50mph threw road works. Arrived, 75 miles later, with the gauge just under full. Did return trip and the gauge was just under 3/4. Back to Tesco and filled up again to the brim, took £18.00 or 15.80 litres. By my calculations of 16 (litres) divided by 4.5 (litres in a gallon) = 3.55 gallons. 150 (miles) divided 3.55 (gallons) = 42 mpg !!! WOO HOO !!!!!
Do you maintain an MPG log?
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I thought I was getting brilliant mileage out of my turbo 200 miles and not even reached half a tank!
Then I forgot that 90% of my instrument cluster has stopped working apart from the speedo for some reason.
Then I forgot that 90% of my instrument cluster has stopped working apart from the speedo for some reason.