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11-01-2005, 01:17 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne, Eastern Subs.
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This one's been done to death on the old forums, but I thought I'd do it again because I'm pretty damn proud of myself at the moment
 : Went for a long **** drive in the old lady's EL Ghia, down to Geelong and through GOR up to Port Campbell then back to Melb through Colac. Got about 610 to the tank, which is still going lol. That's regular unleaded from a Liberty servo, with about 4 people in the car most of the time. It's got a Tickford 4.0L and 3.45:1 LSD which makes the tacho needle sit just shy of 2000RPM at 100km/h. After having nothing but bad experiences with Falcon's on petrol I reckon that's pretty decent ;) My EA on gas does 290 to the tank, which is pretty shitty. My old EA did more like 350 on the same amount of gas, only difference in the two being the gearbox. What do you all get?? Sundeep |
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11-01-2005, 01:24 AM
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Team Urinal Cake Racing
Join Date: Jan 2005
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hey sunny were you at bp in south melb this arvo? I swear there was a car exactly like the 1 in ur avatar
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11-01-2005, 06:52 AM
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commodore bogan
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: east melb
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when i had my el ghia i got just under 700kms when i went to point lonsdale
but around the city i was lucky to get 400kms |
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11-01-2005, 07:49 AM
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Last warning
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria HeadCount: 3
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600-700km's is pretty common for a good condition I6 with freeway driving.
its the city driving that kills us ;) mine changes all the time, a full tank of LPG will usually last about 400-500km's depending on driving etc, no idea on petrol but i imagine its crap with the new cam.
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11-01-2005, 08:51 AM
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White Lightning
Join Date: Dec 2004
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i do mostly city driving with the occaisional bit of flogging or a highway run and i get about 450km.
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11-01-2005, 09:12 AM
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hibernating
Join Date: Dec 2004
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i was only getting around 400km to a tank usually... but for some reason this tank i'm going to get about 460-470km its up to 440 now with a little bit of juice left. the weird thing is my cars running like a dog, burning oil, idling fairly crappy, running a wade 1004 112 instead of the 114, and i've been driving it fairly hard too. i've also advanced the timing slightly, cleaned the isc and throttle body with carby cleaner, and changed the fuel filter which might of helped it
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11-01-2005, 09:31 AM
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E-Series Owners Club
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sth. East. Suburbs, Melbourne
Posts: 781
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My car seems to be great on the highway, i could probably get about 500ish to a tank (it's hard to know for sure as i rarely do highway driving for an entire tank of fuel).
Around town, if i give it some stick, she can easily go as low as about 250! If i floor my car from a standing start, i can make the trip comp read 99L/100km for a few seconds! lol |
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11-01-2005, 10:13 AM
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hibernating
Join Date: Dec 2004
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lol 99L/100km thats mad! The worst economy i've gotten is around 300ish.. which is basically flooring it everywhere i go and mainly suburban street driving to get that kind of economy.
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11-01-2005, 10:16 AM
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Rolling on Simmons...
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Horsham / Ballarat
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On the trip to the summernats in my fathers EF XR6 Auto we filled up after 537 kays and put in 48L to top it up again... works out to be 11.2L/100km. Not bad at all considering there was four in the car and we were travelling along the hume at 120kays which is about 2400-2500rpm
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11-01-2005, 10:22 AM
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i like to be stroked
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: between her legs
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drove my old 735 BMW sydney to brisbane on 55 ltrs sittn in speed limit + 10 % then i compair that to my old days in a V8 charger doing the ton using 120 LTs for the same trip.
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11-01-2005, 10:24 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: At your U.B.
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Thats one good thing about living in the sticks is the good fuel consumption. I could tow a stock crate behind the falcon loaded with 4 cows and still get a better fuel consumption figure (and kill my clutch at the same time) than some of you urbanites lol. Sunny I should have given you a call because i ended up not so busy yesterday. You could have gone from Port Campbel through to cobden and then to colac(which is a highway compared to the P.C to colac way if you went through simpson)
Did you see mr plod in the 4wd on your travels by any chance lol |
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11-01-2005, 10:31 AM
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Redhead extraordinaire...
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Blue Mountains, NSW
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K my two cents' worth.
Around the 350km mark on LPG on city runs, up to 500km on longer trips. Don't know on petrol cos we use petrol as a backup, just in case we (read that as I) flog the ford and it craps out of gas at 300km. It does approximately the same k's as my petrol rolla (which is in dire need of a new carby), except on longer runs the rolla can go as high as 600km's. But she doesn't get to do that anymore really, she's my round town baby. I'm always pushing her to the limit. I unfortunately have a friggin' HUGE clock where a tacho should be (what a weirdass design!) so I have no idea what revs I do, I just listen to the engine. And guess which one's cheaper to run??? :1syellow1
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11-01-2005, 10:34 AM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
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well guys i cant complain about the brock it keeps getting better on fuel all the time. i get 550 to 600 round town and get it down to 8.7L/100 out on the open road(not taking it too easy either- 2 in the car resting on 140k's boot loaded to the hilt and usually back seat full too).
was gonna give it a tune but its running fine and with figures like that i dont wanna touch it just yet. |
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11-01-2005, 10:47 AM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Townsville - NTH QLD
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I get 565km to 53 normal petrol but get a lot more if i use 95% petrol ( about 100km and 148 more for the 98% stuff) works out at 9.4L/100km.. air/fuel reader sits nicely on 15.0 a/f all the way
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11-01-2005, 10:50 AM
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hibernating
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11-01-2005, 10:56 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Location: Melbourne
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The best Ive done is 420ish to heathcote and back including racing and some racing and nice overtaking on the way home. The worst has been about 200km on a busy weekend giving it a good thrashing.
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11-01-2005, 11:14 AM
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Jiggy Up Yourself Man
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Gold Coast
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I just did a highway trip in my Stock 95 EF Futura from Gold Coast to Iluka, I filled it up at coomera BP drove down with the girlfriend and camping gear in boot and backseat and did 200ks city driving down there and got back to brunswick heads where I had to fill up and that was bang on 600ks to the tank I was stoked but now this latest tank in city driving and some thrashing im at about 460ks with bugger all left.
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11-01-2005, 11:20 AM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Townsville - NTH QLD
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I was there two weeks ago ( Iluka that is )
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95 EF Futura. Ported, slotted, lowered,mags,2.5" Exhurst inc CAT, extractors,Manual,brass button clutch,Limo Tint,Trip Comp, Full Blue Dash, Dual Battery and one kick A$$ Sound system. |
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11-01-2005, 11:34 AM
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Jiggy Up Yourself Man
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Gold Coast
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ahh ok its an unreal spot I stayed there for a week cant beat it
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11-01-2005, 11:34 AM
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Hmmm Gold!!!
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Brisbane, Northside
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um, well my fuel gauge doesnt work, so when it gets over 300k's i fill up...
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11-01-2005, 03:37 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne, Eastern Subs.
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George - That's my old car in my avatar, SPRINTEA own's it now. It looks a bit different now so I don't think you saw it lol. My new car's not worthy of a spot in my avatar atm lol
 Karl - We did go through Cobden and that, through the forest and shit. You live way out in the sticks man, there's like no lights anywhere at night. When we got down to Colac the front end was absolutely plastered with bugs and bug guts, all aerodynamically styled around the front end lol. Sundeep |
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11-01-2005, 03:48 PM
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Location: Melbourne
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On the great ocean road i got 520km's to my tank of Premium in the Manual XR8.. 3.45LSD and a huge 5.0 Donk!
 Running Mobil synergy.. I got from the mornington peninsula, to apollo bay, and back to the peninsula again on one tank of fuel..
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11-01-2005, 03:59 PM
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Burnin Rubber
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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Fuel economy, wtf is that?
350ish to my EB monty, ona good day too.
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11-01-2005, 04:50 PM
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likes falcon's
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
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300k's to a tank of gas 55litres with abit of petrol driving in there 95%+ gas
prolly be able to squeeze out another 20-30k's as she's a 60litre tank but doesnt bother me my merc on the other hand gets 500-550k's off 75litres 2.8L dohc. 1.57tonne.
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11-01-2005, 04:53 PM
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likes falcon's
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
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one of my mates had a 97 integra type r. i think there 30-35litre tanks, he killed a whole tank of synergy in 80k's once
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11-01-2005, 06:29 PM
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11-01-2005, 06:48 PM
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windsor user
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Geelong
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mine doesnt get too bad economy for city driving.
between 300 and 400 a tank usually, and i get 600 + on highway |
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11-01-2005, 07:17 PM
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V8 Rock'n'Roll....
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: You got me Rootin' like a Hog, Barkin' like a Dog, Climbing trees and Jumping logs....
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fuel econ? about 300 - 350 k's around town in a ba xr8 (man), less if i turn of the music and play harder....
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11-01-2005, 07:18 PM
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hibernating
Join Date: Dec 2004
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this just in... new suburban record for my car... i got 477kms this tank with suburban driving and driving it fairly hard. it took 56 litres to fill it back up.
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11-01-2005, 07:23 PM
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likes falcon's
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
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u prolly got a few km's fromt that oil u been using ;) hahahahaha
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