Thinking about gas mileage, Who has 17"+ or 20-26 MPG Options

[LatinKraze]

LOL, i just found out I asked the same question awhile ago. Here's the thread where someone explains how to remove it.

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=15095&hl=

[rocky2006]

well what all do they do in a full tuneup and do i need one? i have 64k miles on my 97 ST. how much do they usually cost minus the cost of an air filter? when im idling, my steering wheel shakes a little.

[dstrbcelica]

^ yes. same question. siiiiiigh such a n00b question too..*slaps forehead*

-dstrb

[popstar]

Hey i don't know the numbers.....
i just know i get about 360 'KM' to 3/4 of a tank so about 45lts........
hmmm thats 8 KM to the liter in town most of the time........

but you either look good, or you worry about cash you can't have both i'm sorry to say....

[crazycel18]

i get about 28 miles a gallon

[Mynzeyes]

tune-ups generally include simple things like spark plugs, spark plug wires. maybe a fuel filter if you're lucky. new air filter. oil change and filter. probably a coolant flush. AC check. maybe a tranny change. tire rotation and balance. probably check timing and compression. hrrrrrm...all this is stuff you could EASILY do at home, for a fraction of the price at the dealer. and i don't think the dealer does that much...

[creis]

Mostly highway I can get up to 400 miles on the tank of premium (I seem to feel that I need premium) that is not the total, I never let it get to the point where the gas indicator turns on, I guess thats pretty good. but when I'm mostly "city" driving its about 325 max.

if that helps you guys at all.

[Mynzeyes]

k..and..i went approx. 337.02 miles (from franklin, tn to macon, ga) and still had a 1/4 tank left...::shrug::

-John-

[Mr_E]

Hey i don't know the numbers.....
i just know i get about 360 'KM' to 3/4 of a tank so about 45lts........
hmmm thats 8 KM to the liter in town most of the time........

  but you either look good, or you worry about cash you can't have both i'm sorry to say....
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Sounds pretty standard for a 205.

My record is 7mpg over a tank of fuel. And UK gallons are bigger than US ones, so that's probably 6 mpg if you convert to US.

[rocky2006]

was it only driven at 5500 rpm in first gear? thats crazy.

[Digndoug]

Ok, well Today sence it was nice out, i just went got a new fuel filter=$16.99 and a pcv valve=$1.99 and some fuel injector cleaner = $2.99 . Im going to fill up some more gas and add the cleaner and once i hit bout 1/4 tank i should be able to tell ya'll the diff. Also the filter wasnt really hard to do. it took maybe 30-45 min for the first time i did it, that was also stoping a few timnes cause my back is bad an hurts like a mo-fo leaning over.

[CheesyLobster]

I get over 400 miles before I need a refill. I'm running on my stock 14s, but I don't think that makes much of a difference. Try O2 sensors...

[Mr_E]

was it only driven at 5500 rpm in first gear? thats crazy.
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A racetrack and 14psi plus of boost are very very bad for mpg.....
....and tyres, brakes and, on occasion, my underwear.....

.....fun though.

[playr158]

ummm gallons are gallons regarless dude i don't know what you are thinking
now if your CONVERTING it would be UK=liters to US = gallons
UK gallons and US gallons are the SAME hence they are called a GALLON

if it was UK gallon to US gallon its not a conversion

[Mr_E]

ummm gallons are gallons regarless dude i don't know what you are thinking
now if your CONVERTING it would be UK=liters to US = gallons
UK gallons and US gallons are the SAME hence they are called a GALLON

if it was UK gallon to US gallon its not a conversion
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Almost totally wrong in every respect I'm afraid.

Just because things have the same name doesn't mean they're the same thing. Last time I checked there were lots of currencies called a 'dollar'. They're not worth the same.

A world of information at your fingertips, and you still couldn't be bothered to look it up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The gallon is a unit of volume used for measuring liquids (as well as dry matter).

* In the US a fluid gallon is exactly 3.785 411 784 litres: see U.S. customary units
* An Imperial gallon is exactly 4.546 09 litres: see Imperial unit.

At one time, the volume of a gallon depended on what you were measuring, and where you were measuring it. But, by the 19th century, two definitions were in common use. The wine gallon, or "Queen Anne's gallon", which was 231 cubic inches (and became the legal basis for the U.S. fluid gallon), and the ale gallon, of 282 cubic inches.

In 1824, Britain adopted a close approximation to the ale gallon known as the Imperial gallon. The Imperial gallon was based on the volume of 10 pounds of distilled water weighed in air with brass weights with the barometer standing at 30 inches and at a temperature of 62 degrees Fahrenheit. In 1963, this definition was refined as the space occupied by 10 pounds of distilled water of density 0.998 859 g/mL weighed in air of density 0.001 217 g/mL against weights of density 8.136 g/mL. This works out at approximately 277.419 45 cubic inches. The metric definition of exactly 4.546 09 L was adopted shortly afterward.

The United States, by this time, had already standardised on the old wine gallon. It was at one time defined as the volume of a cylinder 6 inches long and 7 inches in diameter, or 230.907 cubic inches. It had been redefined during the reign of Queen Anne as 231 in³ exactly, which remains the U.S. definition today. Thus 10 U.S. gallons equals approximately 8.327 Imperial gallons. The Imperial gallon is about a fifth larger than the U.S. gallon.

Both the Imperial and United States gallon are divided into 8 pints. However in the US a pint is 16 fluid ounces whereas an Imperial pint is 20 fluid ounces. Thus a U.S. gallon is 128 fl oz and an Imperial gallon is 160 fl oz; this means that a US fluid ounce is around 1.8047 in³ and an Imperial fl oz is around 1.7339 in³. The US fluid ounce is actually bigger than the imperial, although the US gallon is smaller.

[popstar]

Hmmm

so there we have it ........

one day we'll all sing off the same song sheet

2 Mr. E.... thanks for the info, that will win some beer tonight down the bar

[Mr_E]

      one day we'll all sing off the same song sheet

I think that's very unlikely.

On that day, mars landers will land, not plunge to their firey deaths. And I won't be able to get out of speeding tickets in the US by claiming I 'forgot' the speedo wasn't in KPH....

[Jeremy1210]

Back to the topic at hand instead of some dumb bickering about gallons

Will a fuel filter change help then, since i have changed all my fluids, plugs, belts, wires??