discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 16y 10m 3d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 15/03/13 02:25 PM Share Posted 15/03/13 02:25 PM Fixing my timing chain being out by one tooth gave me back at least 50km per tank more range, was hitting 400 to 450 before, now up to 500 without trying. Mix of 70% highway and 30% peak hour, roughly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunty New Member 5 Member For: 11y 5m 14d Posted 13/04/13 04:17 AM Share Posted 13/04/13 04:17 AM My 2009 Auto 6spd FG XR6T has 40,000km. Around town I have to be lead footed to get above 13's. On the highway it's fantastic, one recent 1400km return trip Brisbane - Tamworth and back in a day resulted in 8.9 (with ac on the whole way) Other trips down the less hilly Pacific Highway it has got down to 8.1.These trips all with the cruise control set +- 10% of the speed limit. On the highway I like to use the rolling accelleration, Love and use the 80-120km overtaking accelleration. All on 95 octane fuel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantha189 Member 13 Member For: 11y 9m 17d Gender: Male Posted 14/04/13 11:14 AM Share Posted 14/04/13 11:14 AM pffffttt I wish I could get some decent figures like a lot of you guys.I sit on average 17-17.5/100kms mainly city driving on a fg mk1 with 10000kms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellato Donating Members 2,713 Member For: 13y 11m 8d Posted 14/04/13 11:24 AM Share Posted 14/04/13 11:24 AM Remember some people state what their computer tells them, others measure it manually to get an accurate gauge. And pantha for $80 you can buy a K n N filter, then cut a whole in the front of your airbox and the increased flow should help with fuel consumption 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantha189 Member 13 Member For: 11y 9m 17d Gender: Male Posted 14/04/13 11:40 AM Share Posted 14/04/13 11:40 AM Remember some people state what their computer tells them, others measure it manually to get an accurate gauge. And pantha for $80 you can buy a K n N filter, then cut a whole in the front of your airbox and the increased flow should help with fuel consumptionInteresting! What kind of fuel consumption improvements should I be expecting though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 1m 27d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 14/04/13 11:41 AM Share Posted 14/04/13 11:41 AM Haha.. I've seen 3 or 4 L per 100 different when measuring at bowser compared to the trip computer.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsd112 Donating Members 604 Member For: 14y 23d Gender: Male Location: Penrith Posted 14/04/13 12:00 PM Share Posted 14/04/13 12:00 PM I just did a 2000km round trip to melbourne from western sydney in the g6et and on the way down with cruise set at 115 - 120km/h no a/c and trip computer said 8.8 but on real numbers 9.1. On the way back and a bit of running around melb and having a herrod cai fitted and running a/c half the trip at 115-120km/h the trip computer said 8.7 but real number was 9.0. running 98 and 40psi in the tyres. im very happy with this being a large car with a big 6 and a turbo charger.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellato Donating Members 2,713 Member For: 13y 11m 8d Posted 14/04/13 10:36 PM Share Posted 14/04/13 10:36 PM Interesting! What kind of fuel consumption improvements should I be expecting though? I don't think there's really a set figure, just depends on driving style etc. On about 5 cars that me and my old man have done this we've seen between 50 and 100km per tank more. Every car ill be different though. Haha.. I've seen 3 or 4 L per 100 different when measuring at bowser compared to the trip computer..Yea my trip comp was reading 2L per 100 less than what I was actually getting lol. Disconnected the battery and reconnected and it reads pretty close now, within .5l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray076 Member 64 Member For: 15y 4m 11d Gender: Male Location: NQLD Posted 30/04/13 12:03 PM Share Posted 30/04/13 12:03 PM Have about 400rkw. Around town I average 350-400km and on highway around 550 km. I rarely flog it and mostly drive it like normal people. :sungum: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD86 Member 23 Member For: 17y 8d Location: Melbourne Posted 09/05/13 12:57 AM Share Posted 09/05/13 12:57 AM seems like they get reasonable consumption on the highway which is great.spirited driving obviously uses a lot more.cant wait to get one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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