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i never bothered to measure it , just fill up when CHEAP !
i keep the tire pressures set right & drive THE speed limit on the 401 ( save 10% for sure over 120km/h )
gooserex went with no-resonator to improve power & sound . i would like to hear his car as I went with a 2.5" Cherrybomb Glasspack from canadian tire . this eliminated the standard 2.5L contour resonator that crimp's the center pipe down to 2" ! i definetly picked up 1-2hp & have less restriction .
to answer your latest question : i would NOT go with a dual-exhaust for these reasons 1- this will add weight & penalise your economy 2- you do not have the high-flow intake to take advantage of the dual exhaust requirments .
i would just add either or both of a glasspack ( way cheaper than the magnaflow ) resonator & high-perf muffler .
have a local garage install it , not advanced stuff ... i paid $40 to do just the resonator .
btw , i use ESSO 91 , not injection problems & i get tiger points !
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i have no problems getting over 500kms on a tank going to and from work. letting it warm up min 3-5mins every time i start it morning and night(home form work). highway can get around 600kms usually. once i got a little over 630 but it started to cut out going up a hill outside of brantford . easy on the gas, pace your lights if you can. keep your oil changed reuglarly. i'll give you guys a tip for me, use pioneer gas, i tend to get my best mileage on that so does my wifes escape w/ 3.0l. happy driving.
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Wow,and I always thought the Duratec was great on gas. I could easily see 500-620km to a tank. I do all highway miles anyways. I had a cone filter,9mm plug wires and a 2.5" catback exhaust. I also drove the piss out of the car and it was still awesome on fuel.
You want crappy fuel milage? Drive a 1989 Mazda B2200 with a carburated 2.2L. It has a 50L tank,and I get maybe 350-400km to a tank. Yes. From a 4 cylinder. I fill up twice as much as I did my with Duratec.
My Zetec MTX got over 600km to it's last tank.
'95 CGL ZMTX - DOB: 8/94 - Daily Driver - 271k & counting - Ractive muffler,MSD ignition coil,KEM 8mm wires,Pre98 SE 7 spoke rims,KVR CF brake pads,Post98 sail panels,Sony Xplod HU,Pioneer 3-way 6x9's
'89 Mazda B2200 - Under Construction
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HOLY SH*T I have NEVER gotten more than 450km on any tank with my stique,. Usually I hit 400 exactly 100km per 1/4. IT SUCKS!!!!!!!!
1999 Mystique Sport 2nd owner bought it in Sept 03 120000km 4 door, leather, loaded pics on cardomain, coatsy
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yah its sucks I usually get 450 in the city.. sometimes even 400.. keep in mind this is 90% City.. sucks , sucks & more sucks.. but all highway.. 500+ even 600+ with perfect conditions
98 Contour V6 MTX
CTA Exhaust/CTA Intake/MSDS Y-pipe/Bat Handling Kit/Predator Alarm/Spec1 Clutch Kit/SVT Flywheel/G Assurances
Fix your car yourself "It's not a UFO." Todras
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My '98 Mystique Zetec ATX with 50 000km on the motor,from a full tank would travel only 100km before a quarter tank of fuel was already used. My Duratec would do about 220km before the fuel needle would even move.
The Mystique would get me 350-400km on average. The best I ever did was 425km with it and it was running on fumes. What a difference the ATX and MTX have on the Zetec.
'95 CGL ZMTX - DOB: 8/94 - Daily Driver - 271k & counting - Ractive muffler,MSD ignition coil,KEM 8mm wires,Pre98 SE 7 spoke rims,KVR CF brake pads,Post98 sail panels,Sony Xplod HU,Pioneer 3-way 6x9's
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yeah but i bet the needle drops right off on the last half.....
Got a new K and N filter. Wonder how many added KMS ill get eith that
95 Merc Stique
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Yeah the needle starts to drop a little quicker after the half way mark. I hit 370km today and the needle was just starting to move off the half way mark.
I'll have a CTA cold air intake,MSD ignition coil and a Ractive muffler and removed resonator all installed before the end of the week. Wonder how that'll help. Every vehicle I've put a drop in K&N or a cone filter on,I've noticed big gains in fuel economy.
'95 CGL ZMTX - DOB: 8/94 - Daily Driver - 271k & counting - Ractive muffler,MSD ignition coil,KEM 8mm wires,Pre98 SE 7 spoke rims,KVR CF brake pads,Post98 sail panels,Sony Xplod HU,Pioneer 3-way 6x9's
'89 Mazda B2200 - Under Construction
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What about driving with the secondaries open compared to not, how does that effect mileage?
Worse I would suspect.
CrzyViper
1997 Contour LX V6 2.5L MTX
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Open secondaries is no good for economy not to mention you will have no torque in the lower RPM range.
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Built on Wednesday, September 30, 1998
15.376 @ 92.00 MPH Stock
75,000Km
96 Contour GL
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