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gillm
20-11-2003, 17:48
ideas . bill ?

BenS1
20-11-2003, 20:32
Well I know that on track my chipped Ibiza can get down to 6mpg, and as the IHI requires much bigger injectors i reckon you can probably get this down to about 3mpg, maybe even less.

As for normal road driving, I seem to remember Bill posting something like 26mpg which compares well with my 28mpg I get now. Is that correct Bill?

Cheers
Ben

ibizacupra
20-11-2003, 20:34
My cruising avg is low 30's when keeping below 85mph..

My actual avg is 28mpg as I can;t keep below 85 much :rolleyes: This is running low boost typically. 9psi I am sure Mrs B would get high 30's as she's more controlled than me :p

On track however... I can empty the full tank in 75 miles on high boost.

Bill

BenS1
20-11-2003, 20:45
Originally posted by ibizacupra
My cruising avg is low 30's when keeping below 85mph..

My actual avg is 28mpg as I can;t keep below 85 much :rolleyes: This is running low boost typically. 9psi I am sure Mrs B would get high 30's as she's more controlled than me :p

On track however... I can empty the full tank in 75 miles on high boost.

Bill

Very interesting that you get better MPG than me. Also very interesting that I have emptied a whole tank in 50miles on track... hmmm, 10 Gallon tank used up in 50 miles = 5 mpg!!!! How come you car is more economical on and off the track.

BTW, i did once have a sesible week in which i tried to get the highest mpg I possibly could... I got 39.9mpg over this period but could not get it to hit 40 no matter how much I tried and how much I coasted!

Cheers
Ben

Dormouse
23-11-2003, 14:15
Originally posted by ibizacupra
My cruising avg is low 30's when keeping below 85mph..



WTF? How???!!!! Mine's only 29-32 without going mad....

Hmmmm....You sure that badger in the back aint' topping it up on the sly ? :p

Dor.

gillm
23-11-2003, 16:14
just thought about it . will bigger injectors make a diffrence ? i.e less mpg then it reads ? what can you get to a tank bill ? on a normal drive .

BenS1
23-11-2003, 16:35
Originally posted by gillm
just thought about it . will bogger injectors make a diffrence ? i.e less mpg then it reads ? what can you get to a tank bill ? on a normal drive .

He probably gets better MPG than a tank, just. ;) :D

As an aside, I saw a thing on the news during the main part f Gulf War 2 and it showed a UK tank and said that it does something like 6 gallons per mile (Not miles per gallon, but gallons per mile!!!)!!!!

Thats why they were getting concerned about our fuel supply routes at the time!

Ben

ibizacupra
24-11-2003, 07:28
Originally posted by gillm
just thought about it . will bigger injectors make a diffrence ? i.e less mpg then it reads ? what can you get to a tank bill ? on a normal drive .
Typical refill and milage on that tank is:-
280 miles on trip, and 40ltrs fuel (8.8gals approx) ~ 31.8mpg
this is what I avg on a run when not 'driving it' :p

Bill

gillm
24-11-2003, 18:06
cheers for the info bill . just thought i should know what im getting into . lol . but it's better then mine on a run . in therory i should make my money back .;)

ibizacupra
24-11-2003, 18:12
Originally posted by gillm
cheers for the info bill . just thought i should know what im getting into . lol . but it's better then mine on a run . in therory i should make my money back .;)

LOL... you think? :p in a zillion miles or so... :D

gillm
24-11-2003, 18:18
well thats what i will keep telling the misses :) if it all goes wrong , then it's your fault :D and you will have becky on your door step looking like this:devil:

ibizacupra
24-11-2003, 19:30
Originally posted by gillm
well thats what i will keep telling the misses :) if it all goes wrong , then it's your fault :D and you will have becky on your door step looking like this:devil:

EAK!:jog:

gillm
24-11-2003, 19:39
only playing but i guess you know :)