15 .5 miles per gallon anyone?
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my little digital box tells me I'm getting 15.5 miles per gallon...sigh.
-I'm all stock...I feel my z(13,000 miles) has seriously gotten quicker but i'll have to wait to dyno it.
-I do drive aggresively as far as acceleration is concerned.
So is this reasonable number?
I haven't bothered to calculate it by mileage/gallon...I may just do that just to see if my mileage thingamajic is accurate.
so for those aggressive drivers how many mpg are you pushing?
-I'm all stock...I feel my z(13,000 miles) has seriously gotten quicker but i'll have to wait to dyno it.
-I do drive aggresively as far as acceleration is concerned.
So is this reasonable number?
I haven't bothered to calculate it by mileage/gallon...I may just do that just to see if my mileage thingamajic is accurate.
so for those aggressive drivers how many mpg are you pushing?
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whats going on shimz, im in the same area as you, and i do tend to push the car, im getting around 17.8-18 mpgs in this weather. i do take the expressway to school and that takes my mpgs up to 18. without that i stay around 17.
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that sounds about right.
wanna save some gas? drive it like you are breaking it in, don't step on the gas all the way when accelerating, even if you are shifting early (3k-4k rpm)
wanna save some gas? drive it like you are breaking it in, don't step on the gas all the way when accelerating, even if you are shifting early (3k-4k rpm)
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Well, my computer tells me I'm seeing about 1.3 (usually around 5.x mpg) miles per gallon right now. Ever since I replaced my cats with straight pipes, I saw a HUGE dip in mpg. The car is running really rich and the brown exhaust tips are only one of the signs. Anyhow, I drive it like I stole it. I could possibly need to reset the ECU as well, but it's not a really big deal to me at the moment. But I'd say 15.5 is definately not bad MPG, it could be worse
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Originally posted by mpol99
I do mostly city driving around Chicago & ~15-16 sounds right to me. I drive aggressively (duh) for the most part.
I do mostly city driving around Chicago & ~15-16 sounds right to me. I drive aggressively (duh) for the most part.
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Originally posted by PainProphet
oh god that is scary, what did nissan say it gets, I thought it was like 24 on the highway? What did they not take it over 2grand or something?!??!
oh god that is scary, what did nissan say it gets, I thought it was like 24 on the highway? What did they not take it over 2grand or something?!??!
As for normal work-to-home-to-work trips, I get about 19, which is up about 2 mpg from before I put on the grounding kit. If you're looking to improve your MPG, definintely pick that mod up, and it's easy as hell to install.
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This shows the versitility of the VQ35 motor:
On a trip from Miami to DC on pure highway driving i got close to 30mpg....
but my average mpg in miami which is about 40/60 "highway/street" driving is around 12mpg...
Thats a pretty big difference, however the way i drive my her is the main reason for it.
If you drive granny style and the ecu is used to it (ie. reset/re-learned), you can pull a lot of mpg above where you normally are!
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On a trip from Miami to DC on pure highway driving i got close to 30mpg....
but my average mpg in miami which is about 40/60 "highway/street" driving is around 12mpg...
Thats a pretty big difference, however the way i drive my her is the main reason for it.
If you drive granny style and the ecu is used to it (ie. reset/re-learned), you can pull a lot of mpg above where you normally are!
Peace
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as of late i've been right at 20mpg and i beat the living **** out of my car. average speed on highways is around 90+ and i do plenty of city driving (stop and go).
nismo cams, borla true dual, nismo intake and the grounding kit are my only performance mods.
nismo cams, borla true dual, nismo intake and the grounding kit are my only performance mods.
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Originally posted by Juztin
Ever since I replaced my cats with straight pipes, I saw a HUGE dip in mpg............But I'd say 15.5 is definately not bad MPG, it could be worse
Ever since I replaced my cats with straight pipes, I saw a HUGE dip in mpg............But I'd say 15.5 is definately not bad MPG, it could be worse
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Originally posted by Juztin
The car is running really rich and the brown exhaust tips are only one of the signs.
The car is running really rich and the brown exhaust tips are only one of the signs.
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Actually, I believe that the dark exhaust tips is a very good rough indicator of the rich/lean condition of your car. I think that the cats perform their function on gasses and not liquid particulates in the exhaust that pass through them. Don't think of the cats as filters, but air cleners. The tips become dark due to the large amounts of unburned fuel which collect.
"A catalytic converter is a device that uses a catalyst to convert three harmful compounds in car exhaust into harmless compounds.
The three harmful compounds are:
Hydrocarbons (in the form of unburned gasoline)
Carbon monoxide (formed by the combustion of gasoline)
Nitrogen oxides (created when the heat in the engine forces nitrogen in the air to combine with oxygen)."
"A catalytic converter is a device that uses a catalyst to convert three harmful compounds in car exhaust into harmless compounds.
The three harmful compounds are:
Hydrocarbons (in the form of unburned gasoline)
Carbon monoxide (formed by the combustion of gasoline)
Nitrogen oxides (created when the heat in the engine forces nitrogen in the air to combine with oxygen)."
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Originally posted by scubasteve
Actually, I believe that the dark exhaust tips is a very good rough indicator of the rich/lean condition of your car. I think that the cats perform their function on gasses and not liquid particulates in the exhaust that pass through them. Don't think of the cats as filters, but air cleners. The tips become dark due to the large amounts of unburned fuel which collect.
"A catalytic converter is a device that uses a catalyst to convert three harmful compounds in car exhaust into harmless compounds.
The three harmful compounds are:
Hydrocarbons (in the form of unburned gasoline)
Carbon monoxide (formed by the combustion of gasoline)
Nitrogen oxides (created when the heat in the engine forces nitrogen in the air to combine with oxygen)."
Actually, I believe that the dark exhaust tips is a very good rough indicator of the rich/lean condition of your car. I think that the cats perform their function on gasses and not liquid particulates in the exhaust that pass through them. Don't think of the cats as filters, but air cleners. The tips become dark due to the large amounts of unburned fuel which collect.
"A catalytic converter is a device that uses a catalyst to convert three harmful compounds in car exhaust into harmless compounds.
The three harmful compounds are:
Hydrocarbons (in the form of unburned gasoline)
Carbon monoxide (formed by the combustion of gasoline)
Nitrogen oxides (created when the heat in the engine forces nitrogen in the air to combine with oxygen)."
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oh god that is scary, what did nissan say it gets, I thought it was like 24 on the highway? What did they not take it over 2grand or something?!??!
oh god that is scary, what did nissan say it gets, I thought it was like 24 on the highway? What did they not take it over 2grand or something?!??!
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i have dark exhaust tips...but i think it's because I don't clean them so well![Wink](https://my350z.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif)
how many gallons does the Z hold? I'm gonna try to keep track of my mpg.
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how many gallons does the Z hold? I'm gonna try to keep track of my mpg.