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Postby Ellimist » Fri Jan 08, 2010 10:49 pm

wow 33.3 thats almost as bad as an RX-8
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Postby SIR-VRX » Fri Jan 08, 2010 10:51 pm

Ellimist wrote:wow 33.3 thats almost as bad as an RX-8


Wide Open Throttle for 50kms on the dyno over 25 odd runs...

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Postby Ellimist » Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:01 pm

that will do it alright.
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Postby JaCe » Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:44 pm

SIR-VRX wrote:
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billy boy wrote:haha, i get shocking fuel economy - usually have done 300km when the fuel light comes on (45l) so i pretty much do around 15l/100km on average (all city driving). the lowest i've got is 10.7 when doing a country run


You probably have another 150Kms on that, till your tank is really empty as we do have a 59L tank.


The RA has a smaller tank Blake. ;)


Is it the 55L tank just like the Evo? I find my tank warning light comes on a lot earlier than expected (nearly as early as the MMCS which warns when range is <50km)... it's when the in dash screen starts lighting up warnings that I get concerned.
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Postby SIR-VRX » Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:45 pm

Yeah it's 55L like the Evo from memory

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Postby billy boy » Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:38 am

Yep, it is 55l. Would have been nicer if we had a larger tank. I was pretty suprised that even after tuning, there wasn't a discernable difference in economy. My old bug eye wagon and jzx100 both had really good gains in economy after tuning... Oh well, it's not as if I bought it to be economical ;) haha

the most annoying thing is the distance to empty on our displays - when you really need it (ie under 50kms) it just blanks out! Tis very boo :(
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Postby SIR-VRX » Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:43 am

billy boy wrote:the most annoying thing is the distance to empty on our displays - when you really need it (ie under 50kms) it just blanks out! Tis very boo :(


That's t make you fill up ASAP, so you don't run the fuel level too low I'm sure you know why that is not recommended hehe

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Postby JaCe » Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:44 am

billy boy wrote:Yep, it is 55l. Would have been nicer if we had a larger tank. I was pretty suprised that even after tuning, there wasn't a discernable difference in economy. My old bug eye wagon and jzx100 both had really good gains in economy after tuning... Oh well, it's not as if I bought it to be economical ;) haha

the most annoying thing is the distance to empty on our displays - when you really need it (ie under 50kms) it just blanks out! Tis very boo :(


Agreed but then even when it says 50km remaining... I think we still have more than that in the tank. I find it funny that 50km is essentially 15% of the tank and that's not that little.
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Postby spareparts » Sun Jan 10, 2010 9:20 am

i found with the inter cooler i get better feul eco.... i get around 350 to 370 b4 the light comes on....
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Postby billy boy » Sun Jan 10, 2010 10:05 am

really? hmmm, might need to accelerate the plan for world domination then, well, more power & economy anyway ;)
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Postby BlackBetty » Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:02 am

i get 8.4 l/100km, keeping in mind i have only a 10km trip to work )one way) in 60k zones wth uphill & downhill roads with roundabouts. Best i have had out of her is 8.0 l/100km, thats when i go visit my parents who live about a 40min drive away still all in 60k zones, iam happy with that!!.
My previous car Current shape '07 Corolla used to give me just 10.2 l/100 on my work run, then i put a Supercat, some straight thru muffler and JunBL Twin outlet stainless steel muffler on the rear, it then gave 9.2 l/100km, to me that was still thirsty. So for the extra power from the 2.4 i get better economy
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Postby JaCe » Wed Jan 20, 2010 7:39 pm

BlackBetty wrote:i get 8.4 l/100km, keeping in mind i have only a 10km trip to work )one way) in 60k zones wth uphill & downhill roads with roundabouts. Best i have had out of her is 8.0 l/100km, thats when i go visit my parents who live about a 40min drive away still all in 60k zones, iam happy with that!!.
My previous car Current shape '07 Corolla used to give me just 10.2 l/100 on my work run, then i put a Supercat, some straight thru muffler and JunBL Twin outlet stainless steel muffler on the rear, it then gave 9.2 l/100km, to me that was still thirsty. So for the extra power from the 2.4 i get better economy


How you got such shocking economy on a Corolla from daily driving is amazing... I get economy like that in my Civic when I drive it a bit agro!
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Postby BlackBetty » Thu Jan 21, 2010 6:36 pm

Hey JaCe
It shocked me too at the time, I drive rather sedately as well, i just put it down to the short distance travelled with stop start driving, then i did the exhaust and got a small improvement. I even had toyota check everything out when it went in for a service, but standard answer, no fault found, all ok

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Postby Red EVOX » Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:29 am

My EVO X is averaging just over 9.3l/100kms on my trips to work (in adelaide). My trips to work are a 40/60 split of city/country driving

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Postby spunkybob » Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:44 am

If you drive off boost it shouldn't use too much? I used to do 15+ lt/100 in city in 2.5TT soarer driving like a noob, but after that i drove it under 3k and i got 900+ k's out of 70Lt tank. (that included freeway driving)
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