WJM Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 ...but on my road trip, 90% highway at 80~90 MPH, the other 10% being really fun mountian roads, the RX was getting....29 (TENTY NINE!!) Miles Per Gallon!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet82 Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 The Chevron Fairy put gas in your car while you weren't looking :-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northguy Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 ...but on my road trip, 90% highway at 80~90 MPH, the other 10% being really fun mountian roads, the RX was getting....29 (TENTY NINE!!) Miles Per Gallon!!!!! Tenty nine? That's pretty impressive. But not as good as FITTY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandman Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Thats impressive! I've never seen better then 19. :-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudrat79 Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 I get 26 with my Bad Boy RX sedan on the Hwy.......And thats With very aggresive Driver behind the wheel....... We had Fun with it Yesterday Morning up in 5"-10"s of Snow.....Till I tore all the Teeth off the Driver side T-belt....... I guess thats What I Get for Romping it up to 7500-8000 rpm in 3rd and 4th gears in Low range Drifting Corners at 45-60mph........Oh well.....I know a Guy Who works on them....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboobaroo Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Oh well.....I know a Guy Who works on them....... Yeah so do I....he's in your area... his name is John something-or-other:D:D:D might wanna give him a call. His number is in your sig;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singletrack Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 The Chevron Fairy put gas in your car while you weren't looking :-p There was a great Car Talk story about this... Click and Clak worked with a guy with a Econo car, was real proud of his MPG. So the Tom & Ray start putting gas in the tank when the guy isn't looking. His mpg calculation kept going up and up. He thought he was getting 70-80 mpg. After a few weeks of that, they started siphoning gas out when he wasn't paying attention. Talk of his extraordinary mpg stopped abruptly. The Safari Wagon got 27mpg nonstop from CO to VT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archemitis Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 i got 30 mpg out of the fastest 1.8 na i have ever driven. and it was filled with poeple and gear. theres something about getting everything right, it equals performance, and economy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Mine got somewhere between 22 and 24 on the trip back to Anchorage after installing the SPFI. Doing 75 through a few inches of snow sucks up a little extra gas, and the cold temps certainly don't help anything. I expect she'll get up around 27-28 once I play with the timing a little bit (seems a bit retarded right now, and I have no baseline to start from since the Delta cams want WAY different timing that the factory setup). Not too bad for a lifted wagon I suppose, and WAAAY better than the 17-18 I was getting with the Weber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccrinc Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 I had to put the FWD fuse in my '92 Legacy Turbo Touring Wagon LE last week on a trip from Denver to Rapid City, SD. (Why is another story). Not only does my car seem to have more pep, but my gas mileage just soared! I usually gas up in Lusk, WY then have to top off in Cheyenne to make it home to Denver (about 240 miles total), then have maybe half a tank left. I gassed in Lusk as usual, drove all the way to Denver, and around town for 2 more days! When I did stop for gas, I still had a quarter tank!! No actual count, but I'm figgering about 28-32mpg which is awesome for my car! I'm having Rick put a switch on the dash to be able to switch back and forth between FWD and AWD as needed. Emily http://www.ccrengines.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratty2Austin Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 I am actually not that impressed... my turbo 4wd XT got 31mpg doing ~80mph for 300 miles+ and lots of highway hills and such.... in 100 degree summer heat, with an ea82 longblock in the trunk so neener neener! :-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximumBRAT Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Twenty nine? 30? that's crazy talk. no seriously he's my brother.. we're all a bit worried about him. Filled up my RX today, i drive and drift a lot and here's my result... 352/14g=25.. not bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoobywagon Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 My 83 got 26MPG tonight. I was delivering pizza in it, which means the car ran continuously for 4.5 hours, no speed greater than 50mph. :cool: I LOVE these little cars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJM Posted December 3, 2004 Author Share Posted December 3, 2004 I am actually not that impressed... my turbo 4wd XT got 31mpg doing ~80mph for 300 miles+ and lots of highway hills and such.... in 100 degree summer heat, with an ea82 longblock in the trunk so neener neener! :-p BASTAGE! You and your areodynamic wedge.... :-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJM Posted December 3, 2004 Author Share Posted December 3, 2004 no seriously he's my brother.. we're all a bit worried about him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboobaroo Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 my Brat with a 1600 in it ('78 mind you) with the stock carb that I rebuild with different rebuild kits plus the electronic disty upgrade I was getting 30mpg+ around town and going to my parents house about 20 miles away. I wonder what it would have gotten with my foot out of it.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccrinc Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 I suppose I should have said that my "normal" mpg is 18-21. So...:-p Emily http://www.ccrengines.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torxxx Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 man, my economy really sucks... I got 16 mpg on my last road trip down to anchorage, 20 mpg on the way back up. I made one trip earlier this year, and got 14 mpg (but my gas pedal is ALWAYS to the floor) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthWet Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 I am actually not that impressed... my turbo 4wd XT got 31mpg doing ~80mph for 300 miles+ and lots of highway hills and such.... in 100 degree summer heat, with an ea82 longblock in the trunk so neener neener! :-p The secret was that engine in the trunk!!! My new-to-me '90 T-Loyale AUTOMATIC with broken uppipe got 35-36 mpg on its drive home to me. But my '87 T-wagon w/5spd doesn't get above 25mpg. :-\ Maybe if I carried a longblock in the back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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