does this mpg sound right?

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Re: does this mpg sound right?

Post by HighwayStar »

Half a tank.....£20? Where are you getting your petrol you lucky man?

R.
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Re: does this mpg sound right?

Post by AAB »

It sounds about right. The capacity is 48 litres, so considering you probably have some left over when the guage is at bottom, it could be close. I think my last "full fill" was 43 litres, and regular petrol is under £1 a litre now, so roughly half a tank for £20 sounds ok.
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Post by gline »

splashnatz wrote:i'm guessing because high octane fuels aren't available very widely in ireland ? hence stand-alone and a proper tune for 95 being the ideal solution ?


exactly mate, most juice here is 95ron and the 98+ stuff has ethanol in it, which i was told is a bit more corrosive than normal petrol and would have to replace fuel filter after a few uses and possible get new fuel lines.

So i just plan to install power fc and map it for 95, shame as im sure i will lose a good few horses running on 95 compared to 97-98+
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Re: does this mpg sound right?

Post by honda_crf_04 »

ive started not to let the petrol go below quater of a tank because it doesnt last 5 minutes,so i put £20 in and get 3 quaters of a tank and started geting just over 100 miles :D
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Re: does this mpg sound right?

Post by dawolf »

When I stick £20 in it only goes up to about 2 notches below halfway. Then again my fuel gauge reads slightly higher than it should for some reason so it's difficult to work out exactly.
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Re: does this mpg sound right?

Post by b4rk3r »

honda_crf_04 wrote:ive started not to let the petrol go below quater of a tank because it doesnt last 5 minutes,so i put £20 in and get 3 quaters of a tank and started geting just over 100 miles :D



Why do people buy a fast car then complain about fuel cosumption eh? :clown:
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Re: does this mpg sound right?

Post by honda_crf_04 »

whos complaining :-k
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Re: does this mpg sound right?

Post by chrispurvis100 »

Can nobody work out MPG? [-( :)
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Re: does this mpg sound right?

Post by BenF »

gline wrote:
splashnatz wrote:i'm guessing because high octane fuels aren't available very widely in ireland ? hence stand-alone and a proper tune for 95 being the ideal solution ?


exactly mate, most juice here is 95ron and the 98+ stuff has ethanol in it, which i was told is a bit more corrosive than normal petrol and would have to replace fuel filter after a few uses and possible get new fuel lines.

So i just plan to install power fc and map it for 95, shame as im sure i will lose a good few horses running on 95 compared to 97-98+


Nah, no worries there- the Tesco 99 RON fuel here is part Bio-Ethanol too.

If you want to run 95 RON, no my old rev2 that meant running timing at around 5 deg BTDC
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Re: does this mpg sound right?

Post by Race Idiot »

BenF wrote:
Nah, no worries there- the Tesco 99 RON fuel here is part Bio-Ethanol too.


Is that bad? I've been only using that and v-power depending on weather a tescos or a shell is nearer?
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Re: does this mpg sound right?

Post by chron »

250 miles is normal for me in a full tank of SUL
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Re: does this mpg sound right?

Post by RobCrezz »

Race Idiot wrote:
BenF wrote:
Nah, no worries there- the Tesco 99 RON fuel here is part Bio-Ethanol too.


Is that bad? I've been only using that and v-power depending on weather a tescos or a shell is nearer?


Nope, nothing wrong with ethanol, has very high octane! :)
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Re: does this mpg sound right?

Post by marc GT Turbo »

i dont care atm :lol: v power £102.9
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Re: does this mpg sound right?

Post by Nails »

I paid 101.9 the other night, its come down almost 30p since I bought the motor, its nearly a tenner difference per tank. hopefully this might keep our car prices stable now petrol is becoming resonable again, well for how long anyway
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Re: does this mpg sound right?

Post by Taylor »

Well i've fixed my mpg.


was getting 26mpg

now getting approx 35mpg on motorways!!

good improvement ey 8)
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Re: does this mpg sound right?

Post by AAB »

Very nice :D
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