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Old Apr 26, 2003 | 11:27 AM
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A full tank gets you how many miles?

Does 300 sound somewhat normal? This is from full to completly empty.
Old Apr 26, 2003 | 11:47 AM
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I get around 400. That's almost entirely highway though. 75mph
Old Apr 26, 2003 | 12:04 PM
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yeh

I get 315 on a full tank (2002) 70% city driving
Old Apr 26, 2003 | 12:11 PM
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yep... between 300 and 350 is the usual
Old Apr 26, 2003 | 12:23 PM
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around 300 mostly city driving
probably because of the way i drive
Old Apr 26, 2003 | 12:35 PM
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About 380 to 400. 50/50 on city/highway driving.

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Old Apr 26, 2003 | 12:39 PM
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Originally posted by foodmanry
About 380 to 400. 50/50 on city/highway driving.

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400 holy ****. Are you easy on your MAx?
Old Apr 26, 2003 | 12:54 PM
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Originally posted by BLaZin 2k MaX

400 holy ****. Are you easy on your MAx?
Actually not really. I only use Premium, and I keep it maintained well. Always check the tire pressure.

But 400 might dry out my tank. Usually I get about 360 when I fill up at that point and there is about 2 and a half to 3 gallons left. So I calculated to about 400 or more.
Old Apr 26, 2003 | 12:58 PM
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I get 315 - 350 all city. Hwy I can get about 375 - 415. My car broke in like a **** at 10k.
Old Apr 26, 2003 | 12:59 PM
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350 City 420-450 highway pushed.
Old Apr 26, 2003 | 01:18 PM
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over 400 with 70highway/30city and suburb. Thats even when I do some street racing on the highway (observing the speed limit of course )
Old Apr 26, 2003 | 01:21 PM
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Originally posted by Y2KSESteve
350 City 420-450 highway pushed.
Old Apr 26, 2003 | 02:12 PM
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440 is slightly above average for me, but not much

Old Apr 26, 2003 | 04:24 PM
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Re: A full tank gets you how many miles?

212 100% city
320 100% highway (~95mph)
Old Apr 26, 2003 | 04:55 PM
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330 miles 3 out of every 5 tanks. 70% highway, alittle racing too.
Old Apr 26, 2003 | 05:31 PM
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Re: Re: A full tank gets you how many miles?

Originally posted by E55AMG2
212 100% city
320 100% highway (~95mph)

I usually get 240-250 miles. 70% city and 30% highway. I'm a little disappointed with my mpg.


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Old Apr 26, 2003 | 05:57 PM
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Originally posted by RxMan
I get around 400. That's almost entirely highway though. 75mph
400+ is about right. For me @ 70mph
Old Apr 26, 2003 | 07:21 PM
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I guess I have the worst... I only get about 225-250 ever since I got my supercharger. I travel like 75 miles round trip everyday to work too.
Old Apr 26, 2003 | 09:51 PM
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250 with %100 stop and go
290 or so mixed
330 or so all highway
Old Apr 26, 2003 | 10:03 PM
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Normally, I can average around 300-360 on a full tank. This is a combination of city and hwy. The highest I ever got was 477.
Old Apr 26, 2003 | 10:11 PM
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The most ive ever gotten was 18.95mpg in the city. That is 100% city driving and driving hard from time to time. I have been getting no more then 260 per fill up even though I use premium and YES the car is well maintained. If I drive hard I get about 230 miles per tank, my usuall fillups are anywere from 14.4-15.0 gallons. I havnt done too much highway driving but I got to LA on 1 tank be4 so that over 400.
Old Apr 26, 2003 | 10:26 PM
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The most ive ever gotten was 18.95mpg in the city. That is 100% city driving and driving hard from time to time. I have been getting no more then 260 per fill up even though I use premium and YES the car is well maintained. If I drive hard I get about 230 miles per tank, my usuall fillups are anywere from 14.4-15.0 gallons. I havnt done too much highway driving but I got to LA on 1 tank be4 so that over 400.
Sounds like you need a fuel management system to help with the city driving. Either the Greddy E-Manage or the APEXi S-AFC II. Once I installed the E-Manage, I got 26.1 MPG on the highway (averaged) and about 22 MPG in the city. So I went 400+ miles on the highway, and about 320 or so in the city. I only filled up 16.0 to 16.5 gallons.
Old Apr 26, 2003 | 11:27 PM
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have about 4600 miles on the car...gettin 320 miles out of a full tank. mixed highway and city. gettin 21.1 mpg...hopin that will improve as the engine gets some more miles on her.
Old Apr 27, 2003 | 12:39 AM
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Originally posted by studman
I only filled up 16.0 to 16.5 gallons.

Is my fuel tank smaller than yours? Cuz mine will only fill up 14.5-15 gallons. I have 2002 SE.


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Old Apr 27, 2003 | 01:19 AM
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The tank in the max can hold 18gallons. The gas light comes on apprx when 15gallons are used up. So even when the light comes on you still have 3gallons of reserve fuel to run on.

Studman, I have basically all the bolt ons for the 3.0 except for the UDP. A fuel managment system would help out true, but the reason I have stopped modding this car is due to the fact that I will soon purchase a 2K3 6spd and an currently saving $ to mod that car and leaving this one alone for now. Im impatientley waiting to get my hands on the 6spd, that car I will turn into a 13sec N/A and I might, just maybe be interested in a NX 150shot just to stir things up a bit. Its just a waiting game for now but ill eventually get the car. That car will definetly get a S-AFCII as well as a wideband o2 to perfecty monitor A/F ratios.
Old Apr 27, 2003 | 03:34 AM
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Originally posted by limsandy



Is my fuel tank smaller than yours? Cuz mine will only fill up 14.5-15 gallons. I have 2002 SE.


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2002 SE = 18.5g
Old Apr 27, 2003 | 08:05 AM
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That car will definetly get a S-AFCII as well as a wideband o2 to perfecty monitor A/F ratios.
OT: Which wideband O2 are you gonna get. I'm in the need to get one for my car, but don't know enough about them to say whether or not a certain brand is good.
Old Apr 27, 2003 | 08:11 AM
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Re: A full tank gets you how many miles?

Originally posted by BLaZin 2k MaX
Does 300 sound somewhat normal? This is from full to completly empty.
I get average 280 but that's 90% city driving. However, the best I've gotten was 495 miles to the tank on my trip from NY->Florida.
Old Apr 27, 2003 | 10:59 AM
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sh*t I gte 400 in mixed driving and 450ish or more on hwy driving. Guess the 6 speed makes a big diff in mileage. Been using 92 Octane from Amoco.
Old Apr 27, 2003 | 02:26 PM
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Originally posted by studman


OT: Which wideband O2 are you gonna get. I'm in the need to get one for my car, but don't know enough about them to say whether or not a certain brand is good.
Not too sure yet, I have been looking around to gather more info on it. Seems if I do go the nitrous route it wouldnt be too smart to run w/o the wideband. Ive come across these so far but nothing has been decided yet.

http://www.negative-camber.org/crispyrx7/wideband.htm
http://www.iwantperformance.net/fjo_o2_components.htm

Either one should work just fine and with a properly tuned A/F ratio, the 3.5 should yeild a few more fwhp in N/A form but with juice the gains might be well over 20+ whp. I found a few others a week or two ago but didnt save the sites. If you have a few links to some that might be better, feel free to post em.
Old Apr 27, 2003 | 04:05 PM
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Originally posted by kratz74
sh*t I gte 400 in mixed driving and 450ish or more on hwy driving. Guess the 6 speed makes a big diff in mileage. Been using 92 Octane from Amoco.
i use 93 and i do a lot of highway driving so i get a lot of mpg, also, i dont race.............. a lot... when i race, i get 300 mpg.
Old Apr 27, 2003 | 04:19 PM
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WOW Dude! 300 miles per gallon? Thats got to be some kind of world record.
Old Apr 27, 2003 | 04:21 PM
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So 300 is normal? Or do I need to go in for a maintinance check-up?
Old Apr 27, 2003 | 05:12 PM
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Originally posted by BLaZin 2k MaX
So 300 is normal? Or do I need to go in for a maintinance check-up?
I have 3,500 miles on my 03 SE and I'm getting around 320 miles per tank in the city (91/92/93 octane)... and around 400 miles per gallon on the highway.

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Old Apr 27, 2003 | 05:43 PM
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im getting around 450 miles AVG. I have 01 manual and about 60% highway and 40% local. i only use 93 octane. Im very please witha
and avg of 25.5~26 mpg... 45k miles on the car.
Old Apr 28, 2003 | 06:37 AM
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80%city meduim grade 350 at a quarter tank, i dont let it go below that.

its all about the 5spd, i shift at ike 2500-3000rpm
Old Apr 28, 2003 | 07:21 AM
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I get 480 miles to a tank. Roughly 98% Highway between 70-80mph. 2k2 Auto.

It's nice to do all highway driving again. Back when i still did mostly city i was lucky to get 240 miles to a tank.
Old Apr 28, 2003 | 07:30 AM
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Originally posted by soundmike
I get 480 miles to a tank. Roughly 98% Highway between 70-80mph. 2k2 Auto.

It's nice to do all highway driving again. Back when i still did mostly city i was lucky to get 240 miles to a tank.
wow those are two extremes... i used to get about 320 mpt.. but now for some reason i've been getting about 350 or so... i guess my car is just getting more broken in....
Old Apr 28, 2003 | 07:45 AM
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wow those are two extremes... i used to get about 320 mpt.. but now for some reason i've been getting about 350 or so... i guess my car is just getting more broken in....
It got very discouraging getting only that much mileage per tank of gas.

The best numbers came when i went on a trip to the NE states. I got an average of 540 miles to a tank on that trip And this is all calculated the traditional way, the trip computer is a tad bit off.
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