MPG, what's yours? Options

[frosty]

I just got done testing my mpg thinking it might be crappy since I read the 5s-fe runs rich and plus with the car being 'round 12 years old, but I was joyfully surprised to see I'm running 29+mpg city. (with ac running sometimes and having a heavy foot)

Just something to make me love my car alittle more, since I expected 24-.

I'm curiouse though since I want to either add a turbo or swap to a 2nd gen 3sgte as to what my mpg would turn out to be.

Who on here with either a 5s-fte or a 3s-gte swap (or the very few who have a 5s-gte) checked your mpg?


Just really curious.

(even if you don't have one of these set-ups you can still post your mpg )

[Insanity-74]

average about 14MPG

[manphibian]

20

[Akira_g4]

Best I've ever got was 27 mpg on average. On a 96 GT.

EDIT: Did the math wrong. 29 MPG and the most amount of miles i got on one tank was 423 miles 60% freeway 40% City

This post has been edited by Akira_g4: Oct 6, 2007 - 1:31 AM

[spolski07]

ive actually gotten 32mpg on my 99GT
but i didnt drive over 60 and no ac
right after an oil change and my motor only has 74K on it..

[Valo666]

i dunno how to do the calculations, but i get about 450km to a tank.

[95CelicaST]

i dunno how to do the calculations, but i get about 450km to a tank.

I fill up - drive like normal - and then when I fill up again I take the miles I went and divide it by how many gallons I just filled up with.

For instance.

The 20V has been getting me about 29MPG. Say I went 350 miles from my first fill-up. I get 12 gallons of gas. So Its 350 divided by 12 = 29.16666667

This post has been edited by 95CelicaST: Oct 4, 2007 - 2:01 PM

[Valo666]

ok...so about 20mpg

[GotToyota]

Wow, some of you guys get horrible mileage. My 95 GT gets me 33MPG on average.

-Matt

[xs94st]

i dont have a turbo.

i get bad gas mileage.

keepin up with traffic = goin about 75+ on the freeway

only to hit stop n go traffic for two hours.

im currently at 250 miles on filling up with about 13 gallons.

[jcaron9gt4]

about 22mpg on my turbo'd 5's

[96bluevert]

20 city (where I mostly drive)

27 mix of city and highway

never use AC unless I absolutly have to, make sure tire pressure and fluids are all good, and rarely am hard on accelerator/brakes. all in all, not the absolute best mpg in a little toyota.

[BLINKYxMUNKEY]

About 26-30 mpg. I drive mostly interstate to go to school.

[CelicaST_CALI]

i get around 30-35,the only good thing about ST...

[94celicadude]

well

94 GT w/ 215K gets 29 city and 35 hwy doing 85 mph on hwy
94 ST w/225K gets 33 city and 39 hwy doing 80 mph on hwy...<<<<<----OH YEA!

i know i speed..lol oh well its just too hard to keep these cars driving slowly :-D

This post has been edited by 94celicadude: Oct 4, 2007 - 9:17 PM

[djyohimbe]

29 in rush hour driving...but it's an ST with a CAI...

[Valo666]

wait...how many gallons is our tank??

[CelicaST_CALI]

i believe its around 15 gallons..

[95CelicaST]

officially its 15.9 gallons

[CelicaST_CALI]

i was close..

[cjh4l22]

i got 465ish miles to my last tank of gas. so... idk what that is, like 29.8?

[lagos]

city driving with lots of boosting at 15psi = 19mpg
city driving with lots of boosting and AC = 15mpg (owned)
highway driving = never really checked, but i would guess about 25mpg if i just cruise
Boost = priceless

wait...how many gallons is our tank??

if you try to divide by our tank size, then you wont get a correct mpg. you have to divide by how many gal it took it you fill it back up to full.

This post has been edited by lagos: Oct 5, 2007 - 3:08 AM

[frosty]

about 22mpg on my turbo'd 5's

'bout how much psi do you run? (also is it more city or highway, or a mix)

I'm thinking that when I go turbo with either motor set-up that I'm probably gonna have a low psi for daily-driving and up it when I'm feelin kinda frisky.

[stetsonaw]

celi (stock 3sge) = 400k/tank (a/c w/lead foot) city
curren (stock 3sge) = 450k/tank (a/c, wife driving) city

[cHinaman727]

i get aabout 20-21 in my 94 GT.. how do you guys get 30? What factors are involved with gas mileage (mechanics of the car etc) I mean is there something I could be doing to my car to get better mileage? I already have made a concious effort to not have a lead foot, not speed too much, but what else?


ahh i hate having low mileage

[frosty]

i get aabout 20-21 in my 94 GT.. how do you guys get 30? What factors are involved with gas mileage (mechanics of the car etc) I mean is there something I could be doing to my car to get better mileage? I already have made a concious effort to not have a lead foot, not speed too much, but what else?


ahh i hate having low mileage

What kind of driving do you do? The more stops and starts you have to do the worse it get. Simple things too like tire pressure, how much extra weight you have in your car, ac running on high.... little things add up.

As far a weight on my car I have a cf hood which is MUCH lighter than the stock aluminum one, and my rims are lighter than the ones I had before. I try to keep junk out of my car too but that's also since I like a clean interior.

Motor wise, I just keep on top of fluid levels and make sure everything is running good. ( I also I started to add some fuel injector cleaner every other tank, under $1 if I remeber right) I use mobile 1 synthetic oil too.

These are the things I can think of that contribute to having good mpg.

[jcaron9gt4]

about 22mpg on my turbo'd 5's

'bout how much psi do you run? (also is it more city or highway, or a mix)

I'm thinking that when I go turbo with either motor set-up that I'm probably gonna have a low psi for daily-driving and up it when I'm feelin kinda frisky.

i am just at 7.5 becasue its my daily driver, and yea, its a mix of highway and city, with lots of boosting

[BBW 99GT]

stock 5sfe 99 GT w/ manual trans (odo. 95,000 mi.) 30-34 MPG

drive 50-65 mi. a day, some highway, some backroads

use to get 30-32 MPG using 89 octane and a bottle of gumout injector cleaner or full fuel system cleaner from time to time / then I tried a different brand of full fuel system cleaner 1 time about 2 months ago and now I consistently get 33-34 MPG on 89 octane

[netrata]

31 mpg or 3 weeks on full tank of gas with spirited driving.

This post has been edited by netrata: Oct 5, 2007 - 4:31 PM

[frosty]

Let's try to get some more turbos on here...

[ecaddiction]

stock 5sfe 99 GT w/ manual trans (odo. 95,000 mi.) 30-34 MPG

drive 50-65 mi. a day, some highway, some backroads

use to get 30-32 MPG using 89 octane and a bottle of gumout injector cleaner or full fuel system cleaner from time to time / then I tried a different brand of full fuel system cleaner 1 time about 2 months ago and now I consistently get 33-34 MPG on 89 octane

What fuel system clear did you switch to?

I get 25 MPG half highway half stop and go, I try to keep it under 3k RPM's, but sometimes I find myself doing more spirited driving.

[fuent]

my mpg is **** and i have an intake too, its really pissing me off

[celicanice]

my mpg is **** and i have an intake too, its really pissing me off

my buddy who sold me the celi said he got 400miles off of 87 and 500 off of 93 (1 tank)

[cjh4l22]

yea let me refine my post a bit. i had emptied the tank before, put in 15.2ish of 93octane + oil change(castrol synthetic) and fuel injector cleaner. = 465miles. pushing the car a bit, but mostly cruising to/from school.

things that affect gas milage. engine displacement, air flow, temperature, brake situation (seized calipers = bad), condition of fuel injectors and spark plugs, number of stop/go's, a/c, FI (turbo/super), tire sizes and weights, junk in car, junk on car, etc..

so.. want better gas milage?
displacement: a 1.6l(like netrata..)/1.8l is gonna get better than a 2.2l b/c the 2.2l needs more gas for the higher displacement, nothing u can really do to change that..
air flow: w/a cai/rai you should get better because there is more air flow through the engine and its less restricted.
temp: your car runs better when its cool outside. say between ... 40-70ish too cold and its brutal. too hott and its murder, sorry but u can't change the weather.
brakes: you should avoid riding your brakes and brake sooner when coming to a stop to possibly avoid completely stopping. even the slightest roll is better than a complete stop, so leave room to roll up behind the car in front of you.
fuel injectors: bad/old fuel injectors will kill gas milage, replace them as necessary or use fuel injector cleaner, it does wonders for higher mileage cars.
a/c: running air conditioning means taking engine power from your wheels and moving it to a compressor to keep you cool.. try putting the windows down or just running cool air.
FI: forced induction cars are gonna get worse gas mileage due to the fact that there is more air in the piston chamber and it requires more gas to fully ignite. so.. enjoy the boost lol
tires: skinnier tires = worse traction/performance but better gas mileage. less rubber on the road is easier to move. so if you have like 205tires move to 195.. oh and don't forget to check tire pressure.
wheels: lighter wheels will perform better than heavier wheels due to the fact that it takes less force to move them.
interior/exterior accessories: i've been told that for every 100lbs in/on your car you lose about 10hp, i'll look into it but if thats true then the body kit you bought that weights 50lbs more than stock, just wasted you 5hp. and the underbody lights, emergency equipment in the trunk, spare tire, subwoofers, etc.. are extra weight. get rid of these items or minimize them.

wow so thats a lot to digest but thats my general understanding of it all.. if anyone thinks i'm mistaken, plz lemme know. thanks.

[Kadett]

20 MPG (City Driving, lots of boosting)
30 MPG (Highway cruising @ 65-70mph)

[frosty]

interior/exterior accessories: i've been told that for every 100lbs in/on your car you lose about 10hp, i'll look into it but if thats true then the body kit you bought that weights 50lbs more than stock, just wasted you 5hp.

I read in a mag. that the rule of thumb was for every 50 lbs = 1 hp.

(the mag had a civic which the guy re-did the whole body in CF and lost 500 lbs in doing so.

[NaderG]

My vert gets about 25 MPG when i use shell gas , about 50% city and 50% highway no faster than 70mph, if i use other cheaper gas , i get worse MPG

[K-ESD]

I get somewhere around 700kms (434miles) on a full tank IF I *try* not to push it. Which is hard, cause the weekend is playtime. Thats on 93 Shell gas.

I should dedicate a tank as an experiment to determine the top fuel mileage I can get with this thing. I'm sure I could break the 30mpg barrier if I don't push it once from full to empty.

(keep in mind what's in the sig)

[axelrduvirage]

9l/100km or around 26 mpg combined. SHELL V-Power fuel, 100% synthetic, clean K&N, 150 000 miles on the 5sfe (99GT)

[elvasoshexai]

no matter wat i do i get a consistent 21-22 mpg...
whether it's 100% driving in suburban stop and go traffic like a grannie
or 100%spirited driving in suburban stop and go traffic
or 99% highway @ 140km/h
or 99% highway @ 100km/h

[GriffGirl]

I'm averaging 28 mpg overall, which varies between city driving and semi-stop and go highway driving. Just running regular unleaded (87 octane). I get about 35 on open road trips.

[cHinaman727]

Well I went a whole tank for the most part under 3k revs. I might have jumped maybe 5 times, yet i got the same as if I was normally driving, like a maniac.

i dont know what to do but 20 is no bueno for me!

[GotToyota]

I just averaged 36.4 MPG on my last tank of gas. This was with my friend and I playing with my car in the rain, and driving in traffic. I dunno how I'm doing it, but it's amazing.

-Matt

[94CelicaDragon]

I'll post mine In a week or so, Im at a 1/4 of a tank right now. I just replaced the spark plug's(Bosch dual platinum, wouldve got the quad's but I wa short on cash that day) and the fuel filter about a year+ ago, I also use that fuel Injector cleaner stuff too from time to time. What else could you do to Improve you gas milage? What would you have to replace? New Injector's? Spark plug wire's?

[cHinaman727]

I just averaged 36.4 MPG on my last tank of gas. This was with my friend and I playing with my car in the rain, and driving in traffic. I dunno how I'm doing it, but it's amazing.

-Matt

how many miles are on your car?

and tell me what you have done!

edit: on second thought, post a pic of your bay cause that is ST mileage in a GT



This post has been edited by cHinaman727: Oct 16, 2007 - 7:19 PM

[3SGTE]

Been keeping a beady eye on it recently. been getting on average 28mpg which i think is quite good for a gt4. hoping to get 30mpg one day.... but that will be a bit of granny driving i think

This post has been edited by 3SGTE: Oct 17, 2007 - 2:51 AM

[frosty]

Been keeping a beady eye on it recently. been getting on average 28mpg which i think is quite good for a gt4. hoping to get 30mpg one day.... but that will be a bit of granny driving i think

Man, that's not bad at all for a turbo motor, escpecially when looking at what other turbo's have posted.

[Harold_Fastwaker]

35ish for me. I have seen close to 38 on a road trip though.

This post has been edited by Harold_Fastwaker: Oct 18, 2007 - 2:50 AM

[3SGTE]

Man, that's not bad at all for a turbo motor, escpecially when looking at what other turbo's have posted.

Thanks bud, i drive mostly on highways, so not much city driving which helps... nobody can resist boosting though!!

[Element]

i drive winding back roads mostly...i was getting about 27 mpg...shifting at about 2700 rpm...then i started shifting at 3200 rpm...now i'm getting 29.5 mpg...

recently took a trip from oh to va, all interstate, 80+ got 31 mpg...

i think my car is telling me to drive faster

and no, i did my math right

[GotToyota]

I just averaged 36.4 MPG on my last tank of gas. This was with my friend and I playing with my car in the rain, and driving in traffic. I dunno how I'm doing it, but it's amazing.

-Matt

how many miles are on your car?

and tell me what you have done!

edit: on second thought, post a pic of your bay cause that is ST mileage in a GT

My car has around 161k miles on it. I've only done basic maintenance, spark plugs, oil and filter change (using Pennzoil Platinum synthetic oil), as well as a Toyota coolant flush. The car is completely stock.

-Matt

This post has been edited by GotToyota: Oct 18, 2007 - 3:47 PM

[95CelicaST]

Well I went a whole tank for the most part under 3k revs. I might have jumped maybe 5 times, yet i got the same as if I was normally driving, like a maniac.

My first fill up after I picked up the car from Coomer was something like 37MPG, but now that I am comfortable with the car I don't have to always granny drive. It doesn't matter if I am shifting at 3K, 4.5K, or 7K... always 30MPG.

[CelicaST_CALI]

just calculated,37 wooooooooo lol

This post has been edited by CelicaST_CALI: Oct 21, 2007 - 11:14 PM

[xs94st]

i drive quick. i drive quick into 2+ hours of traffic. my gas gets ownd too fast. lookn at around 22mpg in an ST.

[CelicaST_CALI]

holy ****,22,no that is something else wrong than just ur driving....

[xs94st]

hmm..nothin seems wrong with 'er. maybe cuz i dont have my 2nd o2 sensor in? no CEL so i just left it for now..

[94CelicaDragon]

I put In $40 got a full tank of regular at chevron, 12.3 gallons, drove 400 miles In the city (90% city, 10% highway) So that's 32.5 miles to the gallon!

[downshft]

Approx 530 km's per tank (city)

[96c-oneconv]

I get 31-34mpg depending on my right foot.

[cHinaman727]

wow i think i might get around 24 this tank because of the colder weather! ive gone 260 w/o seeing the empty light turn on.

[NaKeD]

WOW, you guys on the other side of the world get really good mpg on the celica.
I'm getting around 22mpg on mine and thats the healthiest it has ever been.
Maybe something is wrong with it...... i wish i could get over 30 mpg

NaKeD

[94CelicaDragon]

I put In $40 got a full tank of regular at chevron, 12.3 gallons, drove 400 miles In the city (90% city, 10% highway) So that's 32.5 miles to the gallon!

Hahaha, replying to myself. I forgot to put on here, that, that mileage, was with my spare tire on. I dont know how much of a difference that make's, I assume It would make some difference.

[cHinaman727]

thinner tires = better mileage i guess?

[spolski07]

thinner tires = better mileage i guess?

so for maximum mpg i should buy 4 spare tires and drive around with all of them on my celica?

[frosty]

thinner tires = better mileage i guess?

so for maximum mpg i should buy 4 spare tires and drive around with all of them on my celica?

you know if you get some spinner hub-caps for those spares it would improve air-flow and give you cool points!

[cHinaman727]

just got 27 after going about 200 miles, and filled up. that was wierd.. i used fuel injector cleaner and poof

maybe i need new injectors and i can get 30!

lol

[94celigts]

i personally do not believe many of you hat say anything over 33-34. that is a crazy amount. I dont see how it is possible. You must be doing calculations wrong. If im wrong im sorry but it seems unlikely

I think mine is approx 27-28MPG

[96bluevert]

i personally do not believe many of you hat say anything over 33-34. that is a crazy amount. I dont see how it is possible. You must be doing calculations wrong. If im wrong im sorry but it seems unlikely

I think mine is approx 27-28MPG

I think part of the reason is people are calculating with 13 gallon tanks. I filled up when my tank was only at it's half way mark and it took rouphly 7.5 gallons to fill, so since the needle was JUST below the the half way point, the tank is at least 14/14.5 gallons (at least with my vert) but I doubt it would be hardly diff at all in other 6th gens. And yes, one gallon can make a significant difference. Do the calculations, you'll see.

[94celigts]

i can go to a bone dry tank. and fill up for close to 60L therefore making our tanks 15.5 or like previously said 15.9 gallon.

[cHinaman727]

Well I don't know why you guys are using the total amount of your tank to calculate. All you need is this:

Wait till you need to fill up one time, and once you fill up all the way, restart your odometer.

Then, next time you put gas in, be it 100-200-300-400 miles down the road, divide how many miles you went by how many gallons you just put in.

I just went 195.6 miles and put in like 7.5 gallons or something like that.

Tada!

[GotToyota]

i personally do not believe many of you hat say anything over 33-34. that is a crazy amount. I dont see how it is possible. You must be doing calculations wrong. If im wrong im sorry but it seems unlikely

I think mine is approx 27-28MPG

No, not doing it wrong here.

I fill up, and reset the trip meter. Go until empty again, fill up, divide the trip mileage by the # of gallons it takes to fill up again.

So I average about 33-34 MPG. I averaged 35.5 MPG on my last tank, but I think that's because it's getting colder out.

What is so unbelievable about a 5 speed 4 cylinder making that kind of mileage?

-Matt

This post has been edited by GotToyota: Nov 7, 2007 - 8:34 PM

[94celigts]

NVM it just seems high for some people and to be that much of a difference between the same cars to me was odd but i guess its believable. lol sorry

[frosty]

i personally do not believe many of you hat say anything over 33-34. that is a crazy amount. I dont see how it is possible. You must be doing calculations wrong. If im wrong im sorry but it seems unlikely

I think mine is approx 27-28MPG

eh, you gotta remember that the ones that state the 30+ mpg are driving the st model with the 7a-fe. This motor definitley gets better gas mileage than the 5s so those #'s don't seem far off.

[GotToyota]

i personally do not believe many of you hat say anything over 33-34. that is a crazy amount. I dont see how it is possible. You must be doing calculations wrong. If im wrong im sorry but it seems unlikely

I think mine is approx 27-28MPG

eh, you gotta remember that the ones that state the 30+ mpg are driving the st model with the 7a-fe. This motor definitley gets better gas mileage than the 5s so those #'s don't seem far off.

Not everyone.

I'm a GT with 162k miles.

[cHinaman727]

i personally do not believe many of you hat say anything over 33-34. that is a crazy amount. I dont see how it is possible. You must be doing calculations wrong. If im wrong im sorry but it seems unlikely

I think mine is approx 27-28MPG

eh, you gotta remember that the ones that state the 30+ mpg are driving the st model with the 7a-fe. This motor definitley gets better gas mileage than the 5s so those #'s don't seem far off.

Not everyone.

I'm a GT with 162k miles.

give me your engine.

seriously?

you are a madman

[94CelicaDragon]

Im an ST with 170k.

[hongkongnerdboy]

i get 21 mpg.... O.O

[GotToyota]

i personally do not believe many of you hat say anything over 33-34. that is a crazy amount. I dont see how it is possible. You must be doing calculations wrong. If im wrong im sorry but it seems unlikely

I think mine is approx 27-28MPG

eh, you gotta remember that the ones that state the 30+ mpg are driving the st model with the 7a-fe. This motor definitley gets better gas mileage than the 5s so those #'s don't seem far off.

Not everyone.

I'm a GT with 162k miles.

give me your engine.

seriously?

you are a madman

Yep, dead serious.

I don't see how you guys are getting such horrible gas mileage. I guess I just have a very light foot?

-Matt

[mneal2_92788]

b4 the accident i got anywhere between 25-34 mpg. ill sell anyone my engine.

[creis]

my celica got right around 30mpg

my subaru on the other hand gets an avr of 27.24mpg (high =30.09, and low =24.77) additionaly my avr price per gallon is $3.01 (high =$3.55, and low = $2.48) my trip calc shows just about 11 cents a mile. (all math calculated from in car trip meter and every gas recept since 11/25/2006, I've kept track of exactly 21,824.52 miles. I have charts and pie graphs too. also kept track of oil and maintinace since then too with notes as to the miles on the car when it was done. total cost in maitinance $517.92 (including oil and filters but I get most of that free from my g/f shop.)

putting all this together over the last year gave me something to do at work.



This post has been edited by creis: Nov 13, 2007 - 6:06 AM

[I3arruka]

19-24mpg for me :-( it better than the piece of crap VW i was driving before, it was like 12-14 with that, and it was an 4cyl., it was messed up

[GriffGirl]

I'm driving a 7A-FE with about 90k miles on the engine (but 222k on everything else) and consistently averaging 28 mpg between stop-and-go on the hwy, good hwy and street driving.

Calculated by starting at full & then dividing the number of gallons put in at refill by the number of gallons on odometer.

Put in new plugs last week, new cap/rotor coming today, maybe that'll increase some.

[grissom072]

I get about a 20 avg. on mine, the highest I got I believe was 27 or 28 I believe