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Ok, what the hades. I have a 99 CSVT with no hardcore engine mods and I average around 20 mpg. Never above 22. Given that I live in San Diego and don't do the most highway driving, AND I don't drive THAT much with a lead foot, should I really be expecting these kinds of MPGs? I had never thought about it before. 
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Originally posted by deftoned989:
Ok, what the hades. I have a 99 CSVT with no hardcore engine mods and I average around 20 mpg. Never above 22. Given that I live in San Diego and don't do the most highway driving, AND I don't drive THAT much with a lead foot, should I really be expecting these kinds of MPGs? I had never thought about it before.
No, you should be getting better mpg than that. I'm in SD, I drive with a plutonium foot  , and I get at the very least 22mpg. Usually, more like 23-24mpg with 6k+ shifts.
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2003 Suzuki SV650s
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i'm in San Bernardino and I get about 19 mpg average in city  . Mostly highway doesn't say much at 23 mpg . Maybe it's due to no heatshield and 100 degree weather??
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Mother#@%@!* did I sound abstract?
I hope it sounded more confusin than that!
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Hadn't checked mine for a while, your post gave me incentive to calculate.
Tank 1 21.6 US g/mile26.0 Imp g/mile10.9 L/100km
Tank 225.3 US g/mile30.3 Imp g/mile9.3 L/100km
Tank 1: City driving with a few short expressway trips, a/c off.
Tank 2: The same but with 2, 40 mile (70mph) non-stop highway trips, a/c off.
Car info: '97 v6 atx with 85k miles, new pre-cats, regular engine oil/filter & air filter changes only, the rest of engine/atx original(except wp of course  ).
98 Mystique LS v6 atx 163,000km
97 Contour LX v6 atx 163,000km
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Originally posted by horseydug:
Hadn't checked mine for a while, your post gave me incentive to calculate.
Tank 1 21.6 US g/mile26.0 Imp g/mile10.9 L/100km
Tank 225.3 US g/mile30.3 Imp g/mile9.3 L/100km
Tank 1: City driving with a few short expressway trips, a/c off.
Tank 2: The same but with 2, 40 mile (70mph) non-stop highway trips, a/c off.
Car info: '97 v6 atx with 85k miles, new pre-cats, regular engine oil/filter & air filter changes only, the rest of engine/atx original(except wp of course ).
Wow, ATX sure makes a difference.  I get 7 - 7.5 L/100km on highway, AND WOULD RARELY SEE 10L/100, and then only if i do heaps of (hard!) city driving.
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would a new coil pack help the mileage i know that the resistance on mine is a little off? Another thing when i pulled the last set of plugs (splitfire) they where covered in carbon like it was running rich. before that i had bosch plats and changed them after a day because of a misfire and they were also covered in carbon after a day so why would it run rich like that because of the coil? wires? (need new ones for sure) the ecu? O2 sensor?? help please
98.5 Black SE ATX
S&B filter, SVT MAF, optimized SVT TB, mesh grille, removed orange reflectors, painted rear reflector, gutted pre-cats, optimized SVT LIM, 19lb injectors, resonator removed
cant afford an svt but lookin for 1 in nc
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Suggest that returning to OEM plugs and wires would be a good starting point in your quest for better mpg.
98 Mystique LS v6 atx 163,000km
97 Contour LX v6 atx 163,000km
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LOL! Above 80mph the Zetec sucks down gas like a camel at a desert oasis! And that's in my girlies 01 ZX3 manual! I hope you are joking!
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Andy W.
The problem with America is stupidity.
I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment
for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety
labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
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What would you guys suggest to do, to get some better mileage? 2.5 duratech that gets barely 200 a tank...I drive kinda hard, but i used to drive the same way and get 250 out of her....I have plugs with less than 10k on them and 2000 on synthetic oil, wires are new also...what does that leave sensors and fuel filter?
Jason
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Have you check you check your plugs and wires? What other mods are you running, performance that is?
-Andy
Andy W.
The problem with America is stupidity.
I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment
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