Fuel Efficiency km's per tank

james22 · 18-07-2006, 02:21 PM

I would like to know what everyone else gets out of their car as far as fuel efficiency goes. If you could all please put down the model falcon (ie xr6, xr8, I6, V8, vct etc) and approx how many km's per tank for town and highway.

james22 · 18-07-2006, 02:23 PM

Series II, S-pac Inline 6 -
2.5in sports exhaust
K&N Panel filter
Walker Extractors
Xr8 CAIS

380km Town
800 - 900km Highway

stera · 18-07-2006, 02:46 PM

AUIII Futura
Cat back 2.5"

Generally mid to high 500kms... Last tank, trip was on 0kms to empty and I had 597kms... So I was happy with that on normal unleaded!

Country driving, made it to Melbourne (800km) easily with cruise on 110km/h ish all the way from Adelaide with 2 people and luggage.

Will be interesting to see what everyone else has!

james22 · 18-07-2006, 02:55 PM

yeah thats what i thought i hope to work out an average using the different cars and performance mods for each.

ClassicAU · 18-07-2006, 03:29 PM

gees, i think i need to do something about my fuel consumption.

AUII Futura I6
Tickford snorkle and BMC Pannel Filter
All else is stock.

430kms around town, have not done a long trip in it yet so dont know what it gets on the highway.

JC · 18-07-2006, 03:42 PM

Series II, Forte Auto Wagon
2.5in Redback mandrel bent sports exhaust
BA XR8 Pod filter with Tickford snorkel
Pacemaker 4499 Extractors
18" rims (more effort required to turn bigger rims(?)
XR front (more wind resistance than Forte front)

From approx 65 litres:
420 - 480km Town & Highway (depends on if me or the missus is driving)
700 - 800km Highway (Canberra to Melbourne)

AU1 XR8 1999 Auto (Dual Fuel)

From 60 litres Petrol:
350 Town and Highway
550-600 Highway only

From 60 litres Petrol:
450 Town and Highway
700-750 Highway only

janek · 18-07-2006, 03:44 PM

mines vct ghia, town 400ish, highway 8-900km. 950 if i do 80-90 for the duration.

towing city 300
towing hwy 600

HLC · 18-07-2006, 04:16 PM

AU II Fairmont. I6. STOCK.

i got 530 kilometres from 58 litres. filled up yesterday.

best ive got was 560, 65 litres.

combination of city/highway driving.

JC · 18-07-2006, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by HLC

AU II Fairmont. I6. STOCK.

i got 530 kilometres from 58 litres. filled up yesterday.

best ive got was 560, 65 litres.

combination of city/highway driving.

Actually, the 530 off 58 (10.94 l/100km) is better than 560 off 65 (11.61 l/100km)

HLC · 18-07-2006, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by JC

Actually, the 530 off 58 (10.94 l/100km) is better than 560 off 65 (11.61 l/100km)

: i didnt do the math, cool 10.94, thats pretty grandmaish :hihi:

TUF514 · 13-08-2006, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by janek

mines vct ghia, town 400ish, highway 8-900km. 950 if i do 80-90 for the duration.

towing city 300
towing hwy 600

8-900 klms from a tank? how much of that was being towed by RACQ?

from the supercharged 5L in my au xr8, i recently got 620 from a 70l tank of ultimate. thats around 11.5 l/100klm which is good cuz that blower is pumping all the time so needs alot of fuel to compensate.

aroudn town im looking at about 500-550.

99XR6 · 18-07-2006, 05:04 PM

530 ish around town, 750 ish on the highway.

series 1 XR6 manual sedan

OldManGhia · 18-07-2006, 05:11 PM

Get about 350k around town with a bit of country from 65litres LPG. On unleaded I'm not sure cause I don't use enough of it to find out.

loxxr6 · 18-07-2006, 05:12 PM

AU XR6 Manual, exhaust and intake + chip(needing a retune). I get around 450 or so to a tank but haven't filled the car up in ages.

GTHOXR8 · 18-07-2006, 05:31 PM

2000 AU Forte with Tickford CAI.
Just got back from a trip from Canberra to Griffith and back, wife got 840 out of the tank, sitting on 110 without using cruise( she doe'nt like it.)
Usually get around 500 around town.

TCK-098 · 18-07-2006, 05:42 PM

Fairmont ghia VCT-headers-intake mods+exhaust 400-550 around town highway driving 700+

AU2PWR · 18-07-2006, 05:52 PM

Series 2 SR
Tickford CAI + K&N Filter
480-500 Around Town , 750+ On Country Roads

Mitcon · 18-07-2006, 06:19 PM

1999 AU Fairmont Ghia (straight 6, VCT tickford motor is that the stock motor for this model ?)

Standard Unleaded
City/town 380-420ish
Highway 800-900ish

Used to get better on Premium Unleaded but just can't afford it anymore.
No idea on towing as it's such a rare thing for me to tow.

**Whoosha** · 18-07-2006, 07:07 PM

S11 XR8,5speed, zorst, unichip,G&D cai. :the_finge

round town 450--500

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hwy.850 + :voldar02:

heathcote....250.. 300

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sickxr · 18-07-2006, 07:38 PM

How do u's guys see 750+ km's from hwy driving... i got 640km's once and i was wrapped!!!

janek · 20-07-2006, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by sickxr

How do u's guys see 750+ km's from hwy driving... i got 640km's once and i was wrapped!!!

cruise control at night on the pac. what can i say..

sickxr · 20-07-2006, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by janek

cruise control at night on the pac. what can i say..

Yep cruise control all the way from Bris to Melb...... Still dont get the huge figures that everyone else gets.

AUIIIXR8 · 18-07-2006, 07:43 PM

Just took my BA monte down to Vic and brought back an AU3 XLS Ute.

BA highway 740km (65l tank)
AU highway 850km (82l tank)
AU 3 XR8 highway 750km (65l tank)

Around town is obviously a different story but all 3 got between 550 and 600 usually unless i was being silly.

T3man · 18-07-2006, 08:12 PM

T3 ... enlarged cats and middle mufflers.

With standard Ford 95 RON tune about 650 to 700 km depending on which highway. With 98 RON tune (via edit) 700 to 800 km. On ULP (92 RON) tune (via edit) about the same as standard tune. I always take on a full tank of 68 litres.

I don't live in town so don't really have accurate city figures. However when I do go to Sydney and drive around for a day and then return home my overall average economy for the day drops to about 12.5 l/100km which would be around 540km for a tank. So by extrapolation I would say probably around 400km to a full tank if it was all city driving.

stera · 18-07-2006, 08:29 PM

Im in Adelaide and I pay between $80-$90 for a tank of fuel a week... I push high 500kms to a tank... With people pushing 400kms to a tank, I would be
1 - Really ****ed with economy and delve into buying a V8, which is
comparible fuel economy...
2 - Consider changing driving style...

If some of us can squeeze 500kms plus, why cant others? Surely its not the cars??

Tri Power 289 · 18-07-2006, 08:40 PM

AUIII XR6 Auto
580-620k per tank (combo of hwy/suburbs) before mods.

Same after mods according to trip meter but it's about 19% out due to diff ratio change.
In other words, if I changed my diff ratio back to standard, I would have the same economy as before, provided I drive sensibly.

HLC · 18-07-2006, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by stera

If some of us can squeeze 500kms plus, why cant others? Surely its not the cars??

some peoples right foots are significantly heavier than other peoples.

JC · 18-07-2006, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by HLC

some peoples right foots are significantly heavier than other peoples.

Like mine. Let's assume a foot weighs 2kg, well mine has another 100kg behind it!

**Mechan1k** · 20-07-2006, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JC

Like mine. Let's assume a foot weighs 2kg, well mine has another 100kg behind it!

LMAO ... GOLD

I6corp · 18-07-2006, 08:18 PM

Thats not to bad for a T3... the fuel ratios between I6, VCT, V8 and T3 arnt that different... unless we have more fun then others ;)