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> whats the best mpg, that you have done in your teener
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post Sep 12 2005, 10:46 PM
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on the a road run with the guys last month on back roads not even taken it easy i got 29.5mpg.
i'm trying something this tank while drivin to an fro to work, 8 miles of surface streets and a little freeway. short shift [edit; i ment skip shift] using 1st , 3rd, and 5th.
all on flat easy roads. use brakes only not down shifting while decel. or stopping.
its hard to not just row through the gears, but i'll try my best.
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post Sep 12 2005, 10:59 PM
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Downshifting while decelerating does not use gas, but not downshifting wears brakes faster.
I haven't checked my mileage....but not using nearly as much as my pickup, so i don't care... Gassed up today... $1.29 for a litre of 92 grade! 4.55 litres per imperial gallon. Yikes!
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post Sep 12 2005, 11:12 PM
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post Sep 12 2005, 11:13 PM
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Back in the 70's on a trip from New Jersey to Lynchburg Virginia I went 550 miles on one tank full in my 1973 914 2.0.
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post Sep 12 2005, 11:20 PM
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QUOTE (Pugbug @ Sep 12 2005, 08:59 PM)
Downshifting while decelerating does not use gas, but not downshifting wears brakes faster.
I haven't checked my mileage....but not using nearly as much as my pickup, so i don't care... Gassed up today... $1.29 for a litre of 92 grade! 4.55 litres per imperial gallon. Yikes!

So, would you rather use brake pads to slow the car, or use the clutch to slow the car? SOMETHING has to slip, and brake pads are a lot easier and cheaper to replace than clutches...
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post Sep 12 2005, 11:23 PM
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Well....the worst gas milage I got was when a gas line poped of, the motor shut off, I tried to start the car a couple of times....yup the ground was covered in gas, a nice big puddle.....but yippie (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/mueba.gif) ...no fire,
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post Sep 12 2005, 11:27 PM
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Soo,,, What is this, most of us don't have wdorking odometers and the rest are too embarassed to say?????
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post Sep 12 2005, 11:38 PM
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if i understand l-jet f/i correctly the air valve senses fuel demand by how much air goes thru it. there for even when the throttle is closed there is still air going by the the throttle plate for idle. now under the high "vaccum" of decel. the engine is pulling more air passed the throttle plate even though its closed and this greater volume of air being sensed by the air valve and is firing longer fuel pulses to the injectors.

do i have this right or wrong
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post Sep 12 2005, 11:40 PM
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I dunno... I cheat.

I had this Saab, with all that information up to the second.. I loved doing the back side of hills in that thing... "Ahhh 143 miles per gallon.. I rock"...



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post Sep 12 2005, 11:43 PM
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QUOTE (messix @ Sep 13 2005, 01:38 AM)

do i have this right or wrong

If the TPS is at idle, that's how much gas is flowing... I am pretty sure.

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post Sep 13 2005, 12:00 AM
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With my recently transplanted injected 2056 I think I got in the neighborhood of 23mpg, mixed driving. Engine had sat for a year, then before that it sat longer - so I think I have some crap in the injectors, all other components check out fine (mps was tested and charted by Brad Anders).

With the injected 1.7 I got 34mpg going out to WCC.

Gotta figure out why the mileage isn't that great in the 2.0
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post Sep 13 2005, 01:22 AM
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After, all these years, collecting speedo's, I finally got one with a working odometer, and I just checked it the other day, 21.4, and thats with a 2.6 4 cyl with 48 Dell's and I would get more if I could keep my foot out of it (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/happy11.gif)
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post Sep 13 2005, 01:23 AM
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if someone could tell me the conversion from liter to gallon I could calculate ...

normally my 1.8 L-Jet is about 8.5 - 9.0 liter on 100 km*
but I didn't try to save on fuel yet - the teener is my hobby, not my daily driver (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif)

* 100 km = 62.5 miles (AFAIK)

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post Sep 13 2005, 02:39 AM
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My '74 2.0L got 50.7 mpg on a 180 mile leg of a trip from Chicago to St. Louis...all highway. After I fixed all of the vacuum leaks (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/slap.gif) it got significantly worse (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif) (time to start pokin' some holes in stuff!)
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QUOTE (lapuwali @ Sep 12 2005, 10:20 PM)
QUOTE (Pugbug @ Sep 12 2005, 08:59 PM)
Downshifting while decelerating does not use gas, but not downshifting wears brakes faster.
  I haven't checked my mileage....but not using nearly as much as my pickup, so i don't care... Gassed up today... $1.29 for a litre of 92 grade!  4.55 litres per imperial gallon.   Yikes!

So, would you rather use brake pads to slow the car, or use the clutch to slow the car? SOMETHING has to slip, and brake pads are a lot easier and cheaper to replace than clutches...

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So do I downshift or not? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)
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post Sep 13 2005, 03:13 AM
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QUOTE (Gustl @ Sep 12 2005, 11:23 PM)
if someone could tell me the conversion from liter to gallon I could calculate ...

normally my 1.8 L-Jet is about 8.5 - 9.0 liter on 100 km*
but I didn't try to save on fuel yet - the teener is my hobby, not my daily driver (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif)

* 100 km = 62.5 miles (AFAIK)

1 L = 10 DL = 100 CL = 1000 ML

1 Gallon = 3.7854118 L

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post Sep 13 2005, 06:22 AM
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I was able to get 72 while averaging 90 to 105 mph on a cross country trip.
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post Sep 13 2005, 06:26 AM
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From Maumee to Effingham Ill. for the Fun Fest 37 MPG
Return 39 MPG about 400 miles each leg all but 50 miles Xway.
Iam leaving Fri For Kerrys event in Eastern Pa. Map Quest says 502 miles all turnpike will post results Mon.
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Bay area to Denver, all highway, averaged 44 mpg in a 72 1.7.
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post Sep 13 2005, 08:00 AM
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QUOTE (cbenitah @ Sep 13 2005, 11:13 AM)
QUOTE (Gustl @ Sep 12 2005, 11:23 PM)
if someone could tell me the conversion from liter to gallon I could calculate ...

normally my 1.8 L-Jet is about 8.5 - 9.0 liter on 100 km*
but I didn't try to save on fuel yet - the teener is my hobby, not my daily driver  <_<

* 100 km = 62.5 miles (AFAIK)

1 L = 10 DL = 100 CL = 1000 ML

1 Gallon = 3.7854118 L

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now that was really helpful (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif)

if my calculation was correct, my teener goes about 27.8 mpg - through Tyrolean mountains and so (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)

I'd say not that bad ...
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