BLK6T Member 305 Member For: 20y 1m 13d Gender: Male Location: Sydney NSW Posted 02/05/06 08:02 AM Share Posted 02/05/06 08:02 AM Yes us ute drivers feel the pain even more....it cost me last weekend $102 to fill up and just after I did the whole today tonight did their campaign at Birkshire Park United which pushed the Shell (next door) to drop its price by 10cents a litre JUST AFTER I LEFT... oh well I didnt buy the T for fuel economy anyways... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robboxr6t Member 59 Member For: 19y 5d Location: The sutho Shire Posted 02/05/06 09:11 AM Share Posted 02/05/06 09:11 AM hah, I usaully fill my t ute with vortex and it costs me between 105- 110 bucks. and I get about 420klms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle33 Member 578 Member For: 19y 9m 4d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 02/05/06 09:26 AM Share Posted 02/05/06 09:26 AM $116 worst and totally empty on the side of the road in 309 (I think) in my yoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHOCK Team Grandpa Donating Members 1,921 Member For: 18y 6m 28d Gender: Male Location: Hunter Valley Posted 02/05/06 09:40 AM Share Posted 02/05/06 09:40 AM (edited) Bust your arse, work hard when others dont give a fuch = fuel card and pay rise. Havent got through my first tank yet. Having fun running in, which I thinks is a wives tale due to Ford dynoing all motors in QA checks before being fitted. Its right to go now baby... Edited 02/05/06 09:42 AM by SHOCKXR6T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 3m 9d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 02/05/06 10:23 AM Share Posted 02/05/06 10:23 AM Lpg can be made to perform..(it actually has a higher calorific value than petrol..ie it contains more power..) but you need lots of it and a specialised set up that isnt around for these cars yet...im sure if some body came up with a economically viable system that would still allow these cars to make big HP it would sell....you gotta wonder if paying 1/3 third the price of petrol for LPG and then uses 4 times as much to make the same power would make it worth it though.... ←Buy a proper taxi then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHO XRT THE PSYCHO XRT Donating Members 1,275 Member For: 18y 11m 20d Gender: Not Telling Location: At the lights! Posted 02/05/06 10:47 AM Share Posted 02/05/06 10:47 AM 380kms DTE reads. full tank 95RON ULP and I have a K&N filter.is this super bad?2nd CAI about to go in. hopefully will see better kms. is this average for you guys?←Nah, I think urs is fine mate.Mine does around 350kms which is pretty much normal mate.I know some ppl that are much worse off then us mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOV Member 142 Member For: 19y 26d Posted 02/05/06 12:50 PM Share Posted 02/05/06 12:50 PM 380kms DTE reads. full tank 95RON ULP and I have a K&N filter.is this super bad?2nd CAI about to go in. hopefully will see better kms. is this average for you guys?←Nah, I think urs is fine mate.Mine does around 350kms which is pretty much normal mate.I know some ppl that are much worse off then us mate. ←You get 350 to a tank? How many mods you running? Also pardon the ignorance but how big is the tank? I get around 400 Kms out of the 65 litre tank... if I baby it then around 450 easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomchic Just because it is, doesn't mean it should be..... Lifetime Members 14,092 Member For: 20y 2m 16d Gender: Female Location: Noosa QLD Posted 02/05/06 01:24 PM Share Posted 02/05/06 01:24 PM 98ron - $1.43/l275K's - tank emptyrefill with 4c docket $71.00FUN HAD = PRICELESS shazzy(and I didn't even leave the shire) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo6i Member 40 Member For: 20y 3m 17d Location: Melbourne West Side! Posted 02/05/06 02:04 PM Share Posted 02/05/06 02:04 PM would an exhaust and a ford flash better economy?? on my old vcar, the ef, an exhaust, extractors made it more economical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR68UZ XR68UZ Donating Members 732 Member For: 18y 10m 19d Location: Sydney Posted 03/05/06 12:10 PM Share Posted 03/05/06 12:10 PM would an exhaust and a ford flash better economy?? on my old vcar, the ef, an exhaust, extractors made it more economical←I remember someone said not to flash it, but that was for cars that were being run in if I remember correctly. BTW I have crap memory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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