bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,440 Member For: 15y 6m 3d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/01/12 08:14 AM Share Posted 12/01/12 08:14 AM wow down to 7L on the highways dre Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/78478-improved-highway-fuel-economy/page/2/#findComment-1179951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian_celati Donating Members 82 Member For: 16y 5m 18d Gender: Male Posted 12/01/12 08:16 AM Author Share Posted 12/01/12 08:16 AM On 12/01/2012 at 5:39 AM, FG50T said: Indeed! Still using same brand of oil as old consumption figures?yep same castrol edge sport and same viscosity Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/78478-improved-highway-fuel-economy/page/2/#findComment-1179956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre Resident idiot. Donating Members 2,068 Member For: 14y 9m 8d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/01/12 10:08 AM Share Posted 12/01/12 10:08 AM On 12/01/2012 at 8:14 AM, fordfreak1 said: wow down to 7L on the highways dreI thought the same. varied between 6 and 8 depening on the hills. yett 99.9 whenever I touched the throttle. Cruise control FTW lol Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/78478-improved-highway-fuel-economy/page/2/#findComment-1180004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednose RNS10S Donating Members 2,229 Member For: 18y 10m 12d Gender: Male Posted 13/01/12 12:02 AM Share Posted 13/01/12 12:02 AM On 11/01/2012 at 10:17 AM, adrian_celati said: These are the pipes I bought off you - sounds good by the way! Same stretch of road - pacific highway, went from Sydney to Ballina on a tank. Same conditions as before - one passenger, medium load in boot, cruise set to 4-5k over speed limit.that's awesome, I did the same trip and could only manage about 680-700 klms on a tank of 98 (Wife, 3 little ones and a full boot). Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/78478-improved-highway-fuel-economy/page/2/#findComment-1180161 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa g6et Member 657 Member For: 14y 25d Gender: Male Location: Perth NOR Posted 13/01/12 01:11 AM Share Posted 13/01/12 01:11 AM On 13/01/2012 at 12:02 AM, rednose said: that's awesome, I did the same trip and could only manage about 680-700 klms on a tank of 98 (Wife, 3 little ones and a full boot).If you're using 60odd litres for that tank that's still around 8.5l/100km, pretty damm good! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/78478-improved-highway-fuel-economy/page/2/#findComment-1180184 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednose RNS10S Donating Members 2,229 Member For: 18y 10m 12d Gender: Male Posted 13/01/12 03:59 AM Share Posted 13/01/12 03:59 AM On 13/01/2012 at 1:11 AM, wa g6et said: If you're using 60odd litres for that tank that's still around 8.5l/100km, pretty damm good!I agree, was very happy with the result, it actually is better on fuel now than it was stock. Probably leaner mixtures and the extra torque are playing a big part Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/78478-improved-highway-fuel-economy/page/2/#findComment-1180241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa g6et Member 657 Member For: 14y 25d Gender: Male Location: Perth NOR Posted 13/01/12 04:22 AM Share Posted 13/01/12 04:22 AM (edited) On 13/01/2012 at 3:59 AM, rednose said: I agree, was very happy with the result, it actually is better on fuel now than it was stock. Probably leaner mixtures and the extra torque are playing a big partMine is the same, better now it's tuned. Better mixture in those low rpm and cold running areas help better overall fuel economy. Edited 13/01/12 04:22 AM by wa g6et Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/78478-improved-highway-fuel-economy/page/2/#findComment-1180249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1600dave Donating Members 872 Member For: 14y 5m 18d Posted 13/01/12 04:22 AM Share Posted 13/01/12 04:22 AM Its handy if using a gps over long trips, keep an eye on the elevation as sometimes your climbing without even really noticing it, makes quite a difference in my experience.I also downloaded an app on my phone to calc fuel used at the bowser.My odometer/speedo is pretty accurate too, within 1-2km/h compared to gps (even after fitting the 19's), probably as its ex police. Most falcons I've driven are 5km/h under what the speedo says. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/78478-improved-highway-fuel-economy/page/2/#findComment-1180250 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hgreen Member 8 Member For: 14y 1m 1d Posted 14/01/12 09:41 AM Share Posted 14/01/12 09:41 AM (edited) Headers, 100 cpi cat and exhaust improved my fuel economy. 90% of my driving is on highway. Average would sit around 8.0L. Now is around 7.2-7.5LAlso my distance to empty estimates heaps more now. Used to fill up and it would read about 550-600km until empty. Filled it up the other day and read 771km Edited 14/01/12 09:42 AM by hgreen Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/78478-improved-highway-fuel-economy/page/2/#findComment-1180875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran Thooperrrrrrr Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 13y 11m 26d Gender: Male Location: NOR, Western Australia Posted 16/01/12 04:14 AM Share Posted 16/01/12 04:14 AM Mine reads 470 tops >.< Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/78478-improved-highway-fuel-economy/page/2/#findComment-1181438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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